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There’s actually a  socio-psychological science of laughter. It’s called gelotology. Its participants meet at Stu’s Diner every third Thursday of the month. It’s that intense.

Most men I have known think highly of women, notwithstanding common gender challenges and exes who wind up personal enemies.

Whenever we shift or widen our empathies and change attitudes, judgments, traditions, beliefs or biases for the common good, we are considered “Woke.”

There seems to be a run on superheroes these days, creatures of extraordinary powers and bold and courageous actions wearing Halloween costumes. If Iron Man came to your door, you’d hand him a Snickers and wave him on.

A lot of retirees here at Lakeside know what it’s like to hit 70.  It’s the milestone. And for some, it feels like walking into that milestone face first. It hurts.

I remember an improvised comment my brother made when he was in his first year college at 18. He was sitting in class listening to his professor, when a woodpecker began pecking frantically on a tree just outside the classroom window.