Cleaning out my mother's house made me determined to run right home and do a similar decluttering in my own.  After all, when do we ever have the motivation to work our way back to the last stray paperclip in the junk drawer, unless we have to hand the house over to someone else, right?  It just seems like so many spaces in our house lie cluttered, and dormant, and ...

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It's been a while since I've had as satisfying an evening as watching Clemson decidedly triumph over Alabama, 44-16, in the national championship game.  And before my Alabama friends get their feelings bruised, let me explain why. First, there was the way Clemson played: with abandon, and like they had nothing to lose.  The players and coaches actually looked like they were having fun, which is a nice thing to see ...

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