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Dan Coffey

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Humor, Wit and Wisdom
July 9, 2015

Laughter Amid Hardship: Laotians are Poor, But They Still Find Joy in Life

Dan Coffey recently spent 8 days in Laos. Laos is the Paraguay of Southeast Asia.…

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Dan Coffey July 9, 2015
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Humor, Wit and Wisdom
October 14, 2013

Columbus Day Rant, by Dan Coffey | Columbus’s Biases are So Strong, They’re Almost Cute

Dan Coffey, international writer As I sit here in my   house in Paraguay, I have…

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Dan Coffey October 14, 2013
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
December 29, 2011

Dan Coffey’s “Best of 2011” List | Featuring the Best of the Worst

Being habitually negative, I don’t naturally gravitate toward “best of” lists. But then I thought,…

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Dan Coffey December 29, 2011
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Humor, Wit and Wisdom
November 2, 2011

Love to Take Those Pictures | Forget Sunsets—Portraits Rule!

What’s the most important part of a portrait? The eyes. I’ve been in love with  photography…

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Dan Coffey November 2, 2011
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
December 6, 2010

Webinars or Snoozinars? by Dan Coffey | Let’s Just Say It: Webinars are Bo-o-o-oring

At the school where I teach, I recently tried in vain to stick out a…

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Dan Coffey December 6, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
September 1, 2010

Iowa, the Hyper-Normal State, by Dan Coffey | Let’s Hear It for 9 PM Bedtime!

The women’s fashion industry serves to limit the number of women who can be considered…

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Dan Coffey September 1, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
August 3, 2010

Back to the Garden, by Dan Coffey | A Little Old-Fashioned Hands-on Creativity

Mexico is by far the richest country in Central America. You want to see poor,…

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Dan Coffey August 3, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
July 2, 2010

Life is Exactly as it Should Be, by Dan Coffey | How Miserable or Happy Do I Want to Be?

The road to sanity gets narrower the longer life goes on. Every few feet or…

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Dan Coffey July 2, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
May 4, 2010

Movies: The Best and the Worst, by Dan Coffey | It All Starts with Plan Nine from Outer Space

With summer and its blockbuster films approaching, we might pause to ask, “What’s the worst…

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Dan Coffey May 4, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
May 3, 2010

How to Stop Wars, by Dan Coffey | Getting to Know Our "Enemies"

I propose that we come up with a simple precaution against prematurely going to war.…

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Dan Coffey May 3, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
March 3, 2010

The Concept of “School” is a Rotten One, by Dan Coffey | An Alternative to Dull Submission

Some of the dullest  people I know have doctorates. The letters “Ph.D.” after their name…

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Dan Coffey March 3, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
February 2, 2010

Whatever Happened to Silence? by Dan Coffey | An Argument for Peace & Quiet

If you’ve ever worked in retail over the Christmas holidays, you know that the biggest…

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Dan Coffey February 2, 2010
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
October 1, 2009

Who Needs A Refuge, Anyway? by Dan Coffey | Living in the Shadow of Twin Volcanoes

Out of the midst of the beautiful Lake Nicaragua spring two magnificent pyramids, clad in…

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Dan Coffey October 1, 2009
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
July 3, 2009

Out of Control and Loving It, by Dan Coffey | Out of Control and Loving It

The voices in our head that call for us to judge quickly and correctly are…

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Dan Coffey July 3, 2009
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
June 8, 2009

Seize the Day, ‘Cause Everything’s Temporary, by Dan Coffey

I recently bought a CD of disco’s greatest hits. I played the whole thing through…

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Dan Coffey June 8, 2009
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