Mark W. Meier

A lot of people reject things without even knowing what they’re missing. For instance, sushi. There are certain things that will not go...

But what DO they mean? Definitions change over the years, as anyone over the age of twenty can attest. Anyone reading this can probably...

Why do people want to get promoted? Usually it’s because of prestige, power, or simply money. I know that’s been my motivation many...

One of the best innovations in combat is camouflage. If you can keep the enemy from seeing you, they can’t fight you. Even if they know...

Ever watch a foreign-made movie? I don’t really have the patience for it. I don’t know any language enough to follow dialogue unless it’s...

I’ve done some embroidery. Nothing too elaborate, but just enough to know I’ll never be really good at it. With my eyesight it’s hard to...

I used to lie - a lot. I’d tell lies just to see if I could get away with it. For instance, in college I’d occasionally dress up in suit...

There’s someone I know who lost his job. COVID did that to a lot of people. A while later, a coworker was heard saying, “I really miss...

I’m a little on the strange side. Many of you are thinking, “Tell me something I don’t know.” I have a specific example: Before Linda and...

I do not like heat. Any time the temperature gets above a certain level (in the neighborhood of 75 - plus or minus depending on humidity)...

My wife tells me a story about when she was in the mall with her kids and one of them got lost. Six kids, one of them let go of a hand,...

Back in the early days of movies the good guys always wore white hats. In that era of black-and-white film (before color was invented, I...

One of the things I have a hard time doing is putting myself in the place of other people. You know, trying to imagine what they hear...

Punished I used to love watching TV. Back then it was Star Trek, The Waltons, and too many other shows to even try to list them. Mom and...

In the days when I played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Bob Eucker was in his last year as a player. His batting average was .200, and in my...

As often as I mention movies, you’ve probably already guessed I’ve seen quite a few of them. Another of my favorites is The Princess...

One year Linda and I had family coming to visit from Hawaii. At the time there was only one bathroom in our house. So we needed to get...

One of my favorite movies is the original Star Wars. The title crawl now calls it Episode IV: A New Hope. Watching the original release...

Anyone who has ever been camping knows it usually rains. When I was a kid there were trips to Taylor Lake where it rained the whole time...

The Prosperity Gospel Even if you haven’t heard of the prosperity gospel, you’ve probably heard it preached. “Turn to God and everything...