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Tilting at Windmills: Plain As Any Name Can Be

During a recent chat with my friend Mary, we got to talking about names. You know, those things your mother ..


Tiliting At Windmills: The Enchanted Post Office

Imagine you are en route to a restaurant for a lunch date. You stop first at a post office to ..


Tilting at Windmills: My Peculiar Garden

If you said the words “herb garden” to most people (dare I say – to a normal person?), he or ..


Tilting at Windmills: A.I., Isaac Asimov, and the Laws of Robotics

Before I tell you the “Three Laws of Robotics,” I’ll quote Isaac Asimov to give you a sense of where ..


Tilting at Windmills: Favorite Movies

When you weren’t looking, I decided to conduct a survey among my friends to ask which are their favorite movies. ..


Tilting at Windmills : Improve Your Sex Life with Fire Safety Tips

Ha. Fooled you into reading this column. Fire safety won’t do a single thing to make you more alluring (although ..


Tilting at Windmills : Firemen - The Ultimate Philosophical Question

I am addicted to audio books. I honestly could not prepare a single meal or dust a single knickknack unless ..


Tilting at Windmills : Nancy Drew - Seeker of Mysteries

I am holding in my hot little hand a book with a dark blue cover called “The Secret at Shadow ..


Tilting at Windmills: NUMB3RS

“We just want people to better understand the world they live in.” Cheryl Heuton Proving once again that, culturally, I am ..


TILTING AT WINDMILLS: A tale of two friendships: Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – ENCORE

Imagine that I have just snapped my fingers and demanded, “Quick. Without thinking first, name the greatest magician who ever ..


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