Columns & Opinions

You’ll find our FYI magazine in your paper today. FYI is one of The Rockdale Reporter readers’ favorite special sections of the year and it’s a handy reference guide to keep around for Rockdalians, newcomers and visitors alike.

Many of you who read this article remember the words of Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata: “If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.” However, it seems that comparing ourselves with others has always been, and always will be a natural, but avoidable, tendency.

The Blonde was gone for a solid week. We have not spent a lot of time away from each other in almost 40 years of marriage so I had some withdrawal issues. The 23-yearold who used to live at our house (youngest daughter Klaire) had her wisdom teeth removed so Jen went down to Houston to play nurse.