Tag Archives: 2021

My Biggest Hits of 2021

Posted on January 7, 2022 by mitchteemley

Forget the Oscars or the Grammys! Here’s the “Best” list you’ve really been waiting for: My Most Read and Liked Posts of 2021! Please, hold your applause. No, seriously, I’m not that self-centered (why are you looking at me that way?). … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , | 25 Comments

How Will We Remember 2021?

Posted on December 31, 2021 by mitchteemley

Most years don’t develop a “brand” until people have had a while to look back on them. Some are marked by positive events: 1945 (the end of World War II), 1964 (the Civil Rights Act and music –“the British Invasion”), … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , | 88 Comments

You Say You Want a Resolution…

Posted on December 29, 2021 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on The Twisting Tail:
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. T.S. Eliot Last year’s voiceHoarseSpeaks in gibberishIt may be crazyIt may have seen too muchOr nothing at all…

Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Caught in the Web of False Fate

Posted on December 27, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Jung was right. If we don’t understand our own unconscious impulses, we are slaves to them. But that doesn’t mean constant self-focus (“what do I feel, what do I think, what do I want?”). True self-knowledge … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Unity, Not Conformity

Posted on July 24, 2021 by mitchteemley

Unity is far superior to conformity. Conformity suppresses individual traits and strengths. Unity embraces them, and in so doing helps all of us to go higher, run faster, and be stronger — together. In the spirit of the Olympics… “Though … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

What Should We Do With All These Masks?

Posted on May 15, 2021 by mitchteemley

For over a year, we’ve kept a pile of face masks on our kitchen counter, ready to grab one on the way out the door. Just as Narnia is a world where “it’s always winter, but never Christmas,” ours is … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment | Tagged , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Things You Didn’t Expect To See

Posted on January 15, 2021 by mitchteemley

Enjoy this gallery of the weird, the witty, the oddly cool and the (sometimes) unexpectedly beautiful. Why? Just because. Although, when it comes to things we hadn’t expected to see, nothing will ever top 2020. Except for maybe 2021. (Click … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

2021: So Far…

Posted on January 9, 2021 by mitchteemley
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , | 46 Comments

Einstein’s Advice for 2021

Posted on January 2, 2021 by mitchteemley

Albert Einstein needs no introduction. Not only is he the veritable icon for the word “genius,” he’s also one of the most quoted (and misquoted) people on earth. So I was only half-surprised, when reviewing his quotes, how applicable they … Continue reading →

Posted in Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Happy New Weird!

Posted on January 1, 2021 by mitchteemley

2020: The year we laughed until we cried. No, wait, make that cried until we laughed. Because, whatever else 2020 may have taught us, it taught us how to laugh in the face of absurdity–together, or, well, six feet apart, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , | 68 Comments