by Clifford James | Oct 31, 2023
“I’d give you a nasty look but you’ve already got one.” I am reminded of a story told to me when I first moved south to NC some thirty years ago, about a kindly southern lady, boarding a plane in Raleigh. She has a seat in the first class section, next to...
by Clifford James | Oct 30, 2023
“Autocorrect still thinks I want to say ‘duck’ 12 times a day.” OK, so how many of us still use auto-correct? It was the first feature I turned off in my text messaging app. It serves no useful purpose other than to replace misspelled words,...
by Clifford James | Oct 29, 2023
Unless your name is Google stop acting like you know everything.” So we’ve all met at some time in our lives, the “know-it-all”. It’s not an endearing quality for anyone, except maybe AI. Voice assistants are everywhere. In your smartphone,...
by Clifford James | Oct 28, 2023
“You’re everything I want in someone I don’t want anymore.” Ouch! OK, so relationships are not easy. And for everyone of you who are and have been in long, happy marriages, I congratulate you. I’m jealous. But how do we measure success in...
by Clifford James | Oct 27, 2023
“Sarcasm is the ability to insult idiots without them realizing it.” I am currently learning about empathy and focusing on my listening skills. Without getting into specifics, I have to practice being non-judgmental and withholding advice. The course book talks a lot...
by Clifford James | Oct 26, 2023
“I’ll never forget the first time we met. But I’ll keep trying.” Don’t even bother telling me your name. I’ll just forget it within about five minutes. I’m really bad at remembering names. Even right after being introduced to someone and...
by Clifford James | Oct 25, 2023
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” (Kurt Vonnegut) We’ve almost made it past my generation, but unfortunately there are a few hold-overs. I think there should be both age and term-limits for...
by Clifford James | Oct 24, 2023
“When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” (Mary Higgins Clark) My book, RUNNING SHOES, is fiction. The story and the characters are made up. There are three brothers and a sister in the story, just like my real life family before my two...
by Clifford James | Oct 23, 2023
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”(Oscar Wilde) God tells us to forgive our enemies. Does he want us to annoy them? I have found that women (not the enemy) can recall the details of everything men say and do. They are wired that way. Sometimes...
by Clifford James | Oct 22, 2023
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” (Thomas Jefferson). Personally, I sometimes prefer no words. I participated in a “murder mystery” recently and I was assigned the role of “Iconic...
