I had a financial planner call on me several years ago.  His first comment as he walked into my office was, “I’m not here to sell you anything.”

Renee Kaminski was born in Fountain Valley, California and was raised in Arizona while Robin Reece was born in Phoenix and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona. Renee and Robin are partners in life and partners in creating life, the life of their son.

Seven plaintiff couples and the legal team who filed suit on January 6, 2014 to overturn Arizona’s ban on same sex marriage applaud and support the seven plaintiff couples, two surviving spouses and Lambda Legal in their parallel March 13, 2014 filing.

Jeff Ferst was born and raised in New York City and Peter Bramley was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Peter and Jeff met in the summer of 2012, combined households in October 2012 and on Valentine’s Day 2013, they married in Palm Springs California.

Meagan Pugh was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and was raised in Seattle Washington. Natalie Metz was born in Indiana and raised in Mesa, Arizona.

Shaun McKinnon and his print/video colleague, Patrick Shannahan, from the The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com tell the story of why we are fighting the ban on same sex marriage her in AZ and how it came together. The lawsuit is Connolly v Roche.

When is the last time you climbed out of your shell? I said your shell, not your rut. Your shell, if it is anything like mine, is that place I climb into when I am fearful of a new situation. I encounter a lot of them and generally I take a deep, deep breath and jump off of the cliff. So far none of the jumps have been fatal.

When I was in high school I spent more time after school than anyone in our class. I was the self appointed class clown. My mouth was always getting me into trouble and I was forever being told to “Sit down and shut up.”

The above is a quote from Henry Ford. It illustrates how much our attitude determines our success or failure. For example, On 25 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy, made an appeal to a joint session of Congress. He said, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Most of the people around the world said the idea was impossible.

I saw the above quote posted on Facebook recently. As I thought about it, I couldn’t help but think of the Google executive who was found dead ten years ago on his 50-foot yacht. He died from an overdose of heroin administered by a call girl.

This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.

I have been writing newsletters since November, 1988. I had delivered presentations at the National Safety Congress to thousands of America’s top safety people and when I returned home, totally exhausted, I faced the ordeal of contacting some 500 leads from attendees who wanted to talk with me about purchasing my books and videos or hiring me to come in and make presentations for their employees.

“You’re the most pathetic person that I have ever met!” Who else but humorist, Art Fettig could tum that line into a love song? And who but super musician Greg Brayton and his two pathetic lovers, Billy Dean and Baby Jean, could make being pathetic a step up on the social register?

This act provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages.

It was August 9, 2015, still dark in the early hours of a cool Autumn Sunday morning. I was eager and excited about my second ride into the Maritimes with the route including both Newfoundland and Labrador, the two provinces I missed on my first visit.

I was Thinking the other day about the difference in just doin’ your job and doing your job and then some.

Recently, I went to the Post Office to Purchase some stamps. As I approached the counter, I noticed that the woman who was about to help me had tears in her eyes. I said to her, “It looks like the seasonal allergies have gotten the best of you.”

In 1956 I graduated from The Christopher’s Leadership Course. It was a 6 week course in Public Speaking and our instructor, named Frank, was a Dale Carnegie instructor days but he was a volunteer in teaching this course.

Whenever the President nominates someone for an important position in government the Senators get their bird dogs out and they start searching for any paper trail the candidate might have left to be exposed in hearings. Just for the heck of it I went to the Internet to see just what kind of a paper trail I might have left behind in my career.

Where were you on December 7th, 1941? Now I realize that most of our readers were not born until years later. Me, I had been in downtown Detroit at the legendary Paradise Theatre being enchanted by the famous Duke Ellington Orchestra.

I’ve never been a fast learner but lately I have the feeling that my capacity to learn some things has come to a screeching halt. It has. I am making a valiant effort to learn to talk Southern and for this old Yankee it sometimes seems too much. I feel like Elizabeth Dolittle in My Fair Lady. walking around the room saying “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.”

For a few days I had been thinking about my being Almost Andy and other than having a lot of fun and making some of Andy’s fans happy what was the real purpose of being Almost Andy? What was Almost Andy’s cause, his justification for existing?

On Christmas eve, 1951 I walked over to the theatre at Camp Drake in Sapporo, Japan. I’d just rejoined the 1st Cav., returning from hospitals following being wounded in Korea.

Arthur J. (Art) Fettig, Jr, 91, of Hillsborough, NC passed from this life May 18, 2021, after a long and healthy life ended with several major health issues attacking him in his final 6 months. Art was born July 5, 1929 in Detroit, MI to deceased parents Arthur Fettig, Sr. and Jennie Sands Fettig. He was “little brother” to deceased sisters, Virginia (Sister Marie Therese) Fettig and Florence Fettig; and surviving sister, Barbara Monahan of Grosse Point Shores, MI; and big brother, to Joseph (deceased).

Email marketing is still one of the best forms of customer engagement despite all the other avenues of social media. This short list of tips can change dull into vibrant.

When we came, we came through the cold, we came bearing gifts of gold, and frankincense and myrrh, and there were trumpets playing, there were angels looking down, on a west bank town, and he so loved the world.

Some of the happiest people I know are the ones who never stop learning or trying new things. Instead, they continue to grow as they move through life by saying “yes” to the many opportunities that life sends their way. They understand that in life, you either move forward or backward.

The “Wedding Hall” on the first floor shows how inspired the French are – Love is Love. The pictures are worth a thousand words.

When you are kind, you attract people to you like a magnet. Why? Because everyone wants to hang out with kind people, and no one wants to hang out with unkind people.

D. Earl Stephens, after a 30-year career in journalism as the Managing Editor of Stars and Strips newspaper which has been delivered to millions of service folks throughout the world, writes in a editorial published on November 19, 2024, a wakeup-call to those concerned about the miliary and those who serve

The following quote from Mary Davis posted on everydayspirit.net says it all: “Bring love wherever you go. Shine light wherever it’s dark. Leave blessings wherever you’ve been. Be kind wherever you are.” If you do this, you’ll quickly notice how people start to smile the instant they see you heading in their direction.

The above is a quote from Mother Teresa. What it means is that when someone is emotionally down, or at their wits end, the last thing they need is advice or criticism—a lecture, if you will.

Over the past several years, BJC has been sounding the alarm about the single greatest threat to religious freedom for all in the U.S. today – Christian nationalism.

I came across a Charlie Brown cartoon recently where the caption read, “Do everything with a good heart, expect nothing in return and you’ll never be disappointed.” This is what being kind is all about—doing things for others while expecting nothing in return. Someone once said, “Expectation is the root of all heartache.”

I saw a posting on Facebook that read something like, “Big houses, expensive cars, designers, and a fancy lifestyle is not wealth. It’s debt.

The Tesira SERVER-IO is a digital network server. It is factory configured with one DSP-2 card and is capable of handling up to two additional DSP-2 cards.

All the below services are incredible helping businesses with their email marketing. We list all of these because each offer specific features which can be useful for specific industries, level of expertise, and features offered. Scan of of them to see what might fit your business the best.

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Almost everything you wanted to know about microphone, radio, and TV frequencies.

A number of years ago when our grandaughter Mia was three years old, about ten of our family members went to dinner together. When dinner was finnished, one of the servers brought out a gigantic (see photo) serving of cotton candy in a very over-sized martini glass.

I saw a quote the other day that went something like, “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be.”

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“The whole country is going to be like — you want to know the truth? It’ll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit. If she’s your president, you’re going to have a mess on your hands.”

Kari Lake, a loose cannon, kept interrupting, was rude, tried grandstanding and yet the moderators just sat there. Lake has no place in politics. Check out Lake’s false statements in the references below.

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As a Republican, I now support Kamala Harris for President – USN (Ret.), Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, George W. Bush Administration

“The Proud Boys, as Vox’s Fabiola Cineas has explained, are known for inciting violence, and reports from the scene note provocations coming from demonstrators, as well as from counterprotesters at various points.”

As a Republican, I now support Kamala Harris for President – USN (Ret.), Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, George W. Bush Administration

When I got back to the car, I told my wife, Marcia, about the sign and how I thought it would make a good Weekly Reminder. She said, “Where’s your hook?” I said, “What do you mean hook?

Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden and severe pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness in a joint. It’s caused by a buildup of uric acid in the body, which forms needle-shaped crystals that inflame the joint.

Scans of the last directory from an important part of history. The directory is from July, 1961, and is the last directory published before being sold to the Independent Telephone Corporation of Michigan.

The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official conduct. Not so. Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one.

A little bit of history of this newly formed Church.

My uncle becomes the official Republican nominee for president tomorrow. He’s been a clear danger to our country for years, but once his nomination becomes official, the stakes of this election will be higher than ever.

The following quote from Quotes Café puts embracing change into perspective: “Change can be scary, but it’s a necessary part of growth and progress.

The Democratic Party campaign office in Tempe where employees found bullet holes in the front windows on Monday was also shot at a week ago by a pellet or BB gun, Tempe police said.

Getting to meet so many incredible people across California has been an honor. This is Adam’s first statewide race, and he’s meeting so many new voters for the very first time.

True freedom comes when we stop worrying about what other people think of us. Many of us worry way too much about what others think which can lead to mental health issues and lower our self-esteem.

Mason Hite was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and his partner Chris Devine was raised in Glendale, Arizona. They met in October of 2001 with a shared connection of books, music and life in general and joined households shortly thereafter in 2002.

“Donald Trump’s decision to re-start nuclear tensions with the Iranian regime, when he has made no substantive progress with North Korea, is mindbogglingly dumb and dangerous.” – Will Fischer, Iraq War Veteran

Project 2025 is a Republican blueprint for government control of women’s bodies and everyone’s life: who we love, what we believe.

The notorious “Trump Train” supporters are finally seeing their day in court

Tucson, Arizona, venue only holds 2,300 people, but Trump claims his crowd is over 5,000. Then on top of that, the hepocrite has the gull to use the Linda Rostadt Music Hall in Tucson.

Growth experiences—those journeys into the difficult and unfamiliar—are often challenging and sometimes painful. This is why many people choose to avoid them—they prefer to stay within the friendly confines of their “comfort zone.”

American travel writer, author, activist, and television personality. His travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-touristy areas of destinations and to become immersed in the local people’s way of life.

As the Wall Street Journal opinion pieces says, “A Catastrophic Debate for Trump. He was angry and fixated on the past, and he failed to define Harris or her policies.”

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats,” said Trump. “They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.” – Donald J. Trump

At my 80th birthday party in Battle Creek, Michigan recently it was sunset and we were all gathered around the pool at my son Daniel’s home and someone spotted an air balloon drifting along lazily in the blue sky above.

Author, Mandy Hale put it this way: “To make a difference in someone’s life, you do not have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care.”

The point is how “low-energy” he is. Dull. If this is his stump speech energy going forward, he’s done. Notice he’s in a sheriff’s department garage. He really packs ’em in.

For these reasons, the court will DENY Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Selective and Vindictive Prosecution, ECF No. 116. A corresponding Order will accompany this Memorandum Opinion.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, on Monday posted a fake image of what appears to be Vice President Kamala Harris dressed in a red communist uniform.

I was watching an interesting travel program recently. At the end of the show, the host said, “If you want to get the most out of your travels, remember to keep an open mind and enjoy the scenery.”

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The Election of 1872 was the most contentious in American history. After both parties complained of corruption, neither candidate would concede, two governors claimed office and chaos erupted.

For the past ten or so years, I have been watching a television program that features three successful restaurants during each show. As part of each segment, the owner or chef is interviewed about the secret to his or her establishment’s success. Without exception, these people give the same two reasons.

Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what distinguishes him from every other bad leader the U.S. has had is that he has repeatedly, egregiously, betrayed his country. Regardless of how Senate Republicans have let him off the hook, the facts available to the public show that Trump has met every necessary standard to define his behavior as traitorous.

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Growing up, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg didn’t always fit in. He felt different from his father and brothers, who loved to hunt and go camping, and out of place in the rural, conservative small town where he lived. Back then, blending in was more important than feeling seen.

I’m honored to be the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Texas. I’m a fourth-generation Texan, and everything I’ve done in my life – from making it to the NFL to law school and finally to Congress – is thanks to opportunities that Texas has given me. In my Texas, we believe that WE is more powerful than ME.

Brightening other people’s days often involves gestures of kindness like smiling or saying something positive to them. This makes them feel good and puts them in a positive frame of mind.

As a member of a small group of broadcasters that served in Thailand with the American Forces Thailand Network (AFTN), we remember those who lost their lives on April 10, 1970, at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, when a F-4 Jet crashed into the broadcast center.

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In 1980, Art Fettig was certified as a “Speaking Professional” by the National Speakers Association. He is now a veteran of nearly 3,000 professional presentations to audiences around the world.

The Pride Group at Friendship Village, Tempe, Arizona, was delighted to have Sandor Lubisch as a guest speaker. The 30-35 folks were spell bound as he lectured, answered questions, read portions of his books, and told the group how he writes and develops his narratives.

Legendary baseball player, Babe Ruth, struck out 1,330 times during his Major League career, but he’s not remembered for that. What he is remembered for are the 714 home runs that he hit. In the same way, Thomas Edison isn’t remembered for the 3,000 failed tries on his way to inventing the first successful lightbulb, he’s remembered for inventing the lightbulb.

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Twenty-four years of service is nothing to sneeze at, and Vance is running alongside a known draft dodger who has repeatedly disparaged veterans and Gold Star families. If Vance wants to critique a man’s honor, he should start with his running mate.

Over the years, I have been asked the following question many times: “What are some meaningful things I can do to that will enable me to step out of my comfort zone and expand my horizons?” I came across a quote from a person named Roumaissa that provides some answers to this question: “Become friends with people who aren’t the same age as you.

Eric Weiner, a former NPR correspondent and author, travelled to a number of countries including Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland which were ranked high on happiness by the World Database of Happiness. His goal was to find out if the people living in these countries were as happy as the database claims and to learn what he could do to improve his own level of happiness.

On October 2nd, 2011 Andy Rooney from the TV Show 60 Minutes retired.  He was an inspiration too me because he always spoke his mind and then let the chips fall where they may.

Earlier this week I drove over to a little restaurant that is new in our area. Before I could open the door it swung open and a nice looking girl greeted me.

My mother just recently passed at the age of 91. She was smart. She was strong. She was a leader. This video is dedicated to her and amazing women everywhere that are getting the job done.

Bestselling author, Harvey Mackay, wrote an excellent column dealing with risk taking and regret. According to Mr. Mackay, people rarely regret taking risks; what they do regret is not taking them sooner or not taking them at all. He goes on to say, “Afraid to try something new? Most of us are. But our regrets will invariably be for what we didn’t do rather than for what we did.”

I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can’t do – when we do it together. We just have to remember we are the United States of America.

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The Arizona Coalition for Military Families is Arizona’s statewide public/private partnership and collective impact initiative focused on the 500,000+ service members, veterans and their families who call our state home.

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For years, those who adhere to and promote white Christian nationalism have threatened political violence, from January 6 to last week’s comments by the head of Project 2025 promising that Trump’s revolution “will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”