Author Archives: Bill Kasal

Pillow Talk

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Bill Kasal

Just the other day I got a brand new pillow.  A pillow may not be a big deal to you, but I’m incredibly picky about my pillow.  It has to be a down pillow and, when I travel, I bring … Continue reading →

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I Remember…

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Bill Kasal

I’ve finally gotten to the age where I find myself, more and more often, saying, “I remember when…”  It’s a teeny bit frustrating to sound like a classic old man but, let’s face it, I am.  Wait.  I don’t, by … Continue reading →

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What Was She Thinking?

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Bill Kasal

Have you ever watched an event transpiring and said to yourself, “This can’t be happening?”  The first time it happened to me was in the second grade.  And, to this day, I am still amazed at what occurred. Okay.  Let … Continue reading →

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Not Covered

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Bill Kasal

We’re done for.  I’ve said it before and my position only grows stronger.  In a past post called Healthcare Will Kill Us All, I explained the process it took from telling my primary care physician that I felt I’d torn … Continue reading →

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Amazing Coincidences!

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Bill Kasal

It’s often curious to me how people can manage to find a coincidence whenever they need one.  Instead of just following their heart and doing what they want to do on its own merit—for no other reason that it makes … Continue reading →

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Tossing Grenades

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Bill Kasal

I was born nine years after the end of WWII; immediately following the Korean War.  Being of the post-war “Boomer” generation, many of the toys I had during my formative years were war toys.  True, we also had cowboy pistols … Continue reading →

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The Worst Day of My Life

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Bill Kasal

It was a day like any other.  There wasn’t anything unique about it.  It was so nondescript, in fact, that I recall nothing else about the day except that moment.  Of course, everything else in my life pales in comparison … Continue reading →

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(Mis) Understanding the Arts

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Bill Kasal

I am, without doubt, an uncultured slob.  Perhaps that’s why I don’t understand “the Arts.” Now, I have no formal education in any of the arts.  But I have tried to appreciate it/them. Well, wait. When I was in college, … Continue reading →

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Keeping My Fingers Crossed

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Bill Kasal

I think superstitions are silly.  And I know I’ve had a few in my life.  Mostly they revolved around my golf game.  My skill level has always rested upon a precarious perch somewhere between bad and truly horrible. My best … Continue reading →

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Struggling Against Nothing

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Bill Kasal

I think the majority of us struggle.  And I think most of the struggles are self-imposed. The world of today is filled with myriad distractions.  Advertising tells us that if we don’t buy innumerable products, then we won’t be cool … Continue reading →

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Is it Worth All the Marbles?

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Bill Kasal

Even as I was doing it, I knew it was the wrong thing to be doing.  I looked over to our neighbor’s yard—our “yards” in those days were basically dirt separated my more dirt—and saw his collie prancing about with

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Dreaming my Life Lesson

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Bill Kasal

Horrible.  That’s the word for it.  Horrible.  It was the most horrible dream I’d ever had.  I woke up in a cold sweat.  I believe I was actually shuddering with fear.  What I saw or, more accurately, what I heard … Continue reading →

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Space Race v. Cell Phones

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Bill Kasal

When I was a kid, we had this really cool thing called outside.  It was amazing.  If you wanted to do something, you went there.  These days, I don’t think kids have outside.  They just sit in the house and … Continue reading →

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Long Lost Treasure

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Bill Kasal

I know the location of an actual buried treasure.  Well, let’s just say that I can come within approximately ten yards of it.  But, because I lost the map, I can’t get to the exact location.  It was buried in … Continue reading →

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My Misfortune with Cookies

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Bill Kasal

What’s the deal with fortune cookies?! They’re not even fortunes anymore. You used to open them up and they’d tell you that you were going to be a millionaire or famous or something. They never came true; even if you … Continue reading →

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The Unexamined Life

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Bill Kasal

According to Plato, Socrates said, at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” I have examined my life. I do it all the time. However, it’s not a text-book example of an examination. … Continue reading →

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Temper… Temper…

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Bill Kasal

I hate it! I really do! I am so frustrated at my lack of progress in my life. I realize that there is only one path—that being the one towards self-realization and Heaven—so I know I’m on the path, but … Continue reading →

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Dumber Than a First Grader

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Bill Kasal

Is my inability to understand computers and grasp the concept of the Internet and all its wonders nothing more than a result of being born a generation too early? Why does a five-year-old know how to write code and apps … Continue reading →

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No One is the Villain in Their Own Life

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Bill Kasal

I knew something was about to happen.  Following the previous evening’s events, something was bound to happen, had to happen.  It was my senior year of high school and the evening before, another friend and I had been in a … Continue reading →

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The Librarian

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Bill Kasal

I didn’t know her, but I was afraid. She was an imposing woman of grey hair, twisted tightly and somehow bolted in a bun to the top of her head. As cliché as it may sound, around her neck was … Continue reading →

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