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A father's work is never done, either     The great yard sale conspiracy     One word not in my vocabulary     When trouble comes a knocking, don't answer the door     High inflation reaches a new low     Laying my Mother's Day cards on the table     The taxing of my fragile sanity     One man's joke is another man's hug     My yearly correspondence with good old Uncle Sam     A really short history of broccoli     Dealing with my recent drug problem     How to make up for lost time     The Girl Scout cookie conspiracy     Beware the idleness of March     A waitress after my own heart     What do I do if I catch my tail?     Please, don't call me "Sweetie"     It was an Apple fritter kind of week     An American Idol I'm not     Okay, enough with the cold, already     Everything old is getting older still     The amazing grace of "do-over," the art of second chance     A new look at the old year     ‘Twas the night before Christmas...     The Christmasfication of our home     Some things are just personal     A post Thanksgiving wishbone     Overstuffed and no one to blame     Thanksgiving quandary: roast turkey or lame duck     Something old and something deliciously new     Silence of the phones     One man's trick is another man's treat     It was the worst of times and it was the worster of times     Home has never been sweeter     Restless in a strange pew     How Time Flies When I Am In A Hurry     Are you ready to grumble?     Loco pastor burns his hand in loud protest     Has anyone seen my Castle lately?     Can I get an "Amen" for that?     For whom the school bells toll     When all is said and done, I’m still confused     If the whole world were an Apple fritter who would need heaven?     As summers go, this one is going     So you think you can pray     It's my party I'll sigh if I want to     There’s something about a lazy summer afternoon     The Last Hurrah of Summer     Some patriotic reflections for the Fourth of July     Things my father never told me     One hand short of a handyman     Be careful what you wish for     The many excuses of a man in his midlife crisis     Good intentions are only as good as the intender     The mysterious wizardry of gadgetry     God's greatest creation     When you come to the end of the trail     To rob or to be robbed, that is the question     King of my castle for a day     Where have all the men in white hats gone?     Springing into a new season     Now I know how Noah must have felt     The Super Bowl benefits of complaining     The Buck stops here and other political gibberish     Please accept my apology     Mother Nature’s cold shoulder revenge     Some things are simply irreplaceable     The end of all nonsense and other practical jokes     Germed and frightfully dangerous     Shivering me time away     It's d?j? vu all over again     Items not on my New Year's resolution list     All I want for Christmas is to be left alone!     Behold, the Christmas Grinch cometh     My barbershop quandary     To Choose or not to Choose, that is the Thanksgiving Quandary     Pass the Pumpkin Pie, Please     The summer in my rearview mirror     The trials and triumphs of the chronically lazy     One man's vegetable is another man's heartburn     I dedicate this ice cream sundae to thee     The sweet savor of revenge     Having a “rice” time in the Philippines     Grief is my traveling companion     Now that I'm older, I'm still not wiser     If it wasn't for grandparents     Slow down and enjoy the journey     The last of the summer whine     And the heat goes on... and on... and on     Birthdays, anniversaries and other things I usually forget     A good time was had by all     Dancing in the summer rain     Things I have learned in my lifetime     If I should ever grow up before I die     Balancing the home budget is a three-ring circus     Let's have a Fourth of July picnic     Let the summer fun begin     The Trials and Joys of Fatherhood     Don't give me any of that doubletalk     Understanding the Grandpa Rules     Sick is as sick feels and I feels oh so sick     Sowing my seed to the birds... or is it the turkeys     My TV career viciously plucked from me     Why mothers would make good politicians     On the Road again and again and again     From here to eternity and home again     Why I am happy to pay my taxes and other mendacities     For some, Easter is a hop and a skip     A stimulus plan from the Parsonage     The lion and the lamb controversy     The proper etiquette for eating an ice cream sundae     Let's play follow the weaver     There’s a lot to be said for boredom     The Question of the Disappearing Ice Cream     A Box of Valentine Chocolates Never Misses Its Target     "I've Done Nothing Wrong" and Other Famous Last Words     Don't Mess with My Peanut Butter     New Year, New President, Same Old Problems     Looking for Money in All the Wrong Pockets     Organization is not all it's stacked up to be     With Friends like Mine Who Needs a Diet?     Is There Any Christmas Cheer Left?     A Christmas Trophy Worth The Trouble     Troubling News from the North Pole     Striving to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude     Turkey in the Straw: The Amuse-icle     Dealing with the Post Election Blues     We Got to Hand It to the Women     How to Pray for the New President     The Many Funny Faces of the Season     The Sure Cure for Poly-Ticks     And the Knucklehead Award Goes to...     This Little Piggy-Bank Went to Market     Pennies from Heaven or Billions from Washington     More Than Just The Summertime Blues     First-class Altitude with Gratitude     Stuck between a Virus and a Varmint     Don’t Quote the Bible to Me     Dream Job Turns Nightmare     Man Sues God, God Counter-sues     The All Things to All People Politician     Whatever Happened to Those Lazy Days of Summer?     The Ominous Signs of Our Times     My Crazy World of Distractions     Coping with the Tyranny of Great Expectations     Let freedom wring its hands in anguish     To Stink, or Not to Stink, That is the Question     Why Women Live Longer Than Men     Solving the Mystery of Picking a President     Who's That Rapping, Rapping At My Door?     The Inconvenience of Improvements     Wanted: a slightly misused hobby     Old-Fashioned Democracy In Action     Mothers Universal Contribution to Society     What I Want in a President     Oh, dem golden tones of silence     A Tribute to the Common Germ     Dancing The Rebate Rumba     Why are powerful men drawn to prostitution?     The Mixed-up World of Politics and Religion     Oh, for the life of Rip van Winkle     Does eHarmony.com know something I don't?     For Sale: One Lying Bathroom Mirror     Cupid Missed His Mail Order Mark     Sometimes Life is Like a Jelly-filled Donut     How to Spend an Extra Day     The Art and Craftiness of Grandfatherhood

The Rev. James L. Snyder is an award winning author and popular columnist living with his wife, Martha, in Ocala, Florida and can be contacted at James Snyder.