Author Archives: Stella

New Year’s Resolutions 2026

Should you, or shouldn’t you? Make resolutions, that is.

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That’s Democracy, folks!

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Music of the day – Happy New Year (Abba)

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General Discussion, Friday, January 2, 2026

Day THREE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT of Presidential recovery.  

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Predictions from 100 years ago . . .

What happens if we relook at predictions from 100 years ago? Futurists usually aren’t judged on the accuracy of their predictions, and people rarely revisit the predictions many years later. Futurists can be wrong and unaccountable; just like meteorologists… The exception might be Ray Kurzweil who … Continue reading

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Making Decisions . . .

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Music of the day – Auld Lang Syne

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General Discussion, Thursday, January 1, 2026

Day THREE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN of Presidential recovery.  

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Hail and farewell: Those we lost in 2025

Some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – musicians, artists and storytellers who surpassed the ordinary.

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Story of the day – The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)

Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening– the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When … Continue reading

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