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The Media Is In The Business Of Finding Exceptions To Everyday Life. Bad Things Are Still The Exception. That's Good, Because Once Bad Things Stop Being News, We Really Are In Trouble. If People Forget That Bad Is The Exception, They Think They Live In A Horrible World. There Is So Much That Works And Is Right And Friendly And Warm. But We Take That For Granted.

I'm Happy To Report You Still Get Nothing You Don't Need At Motel 6, And, Therefore, You Don't Have To Pay For It. I Don't Need Valet Parking. If I Can Drive The Old Crate 300 Miles To The Hotel All By Myself, I Can Certainly Handle The Last Nine Feet To The Parking Space.

I'm Not An Impersonator. I've Only Got One Voice And Only Do One Guy And His First-person Essays.

They Say A Person Needs Just Three Things To Be Truly Happy In This World: Someone To Love, Something To Do, And Something To Hope For.

Like Most Alaska Immigrants, My Roots Continue To Petition For Equal Time.