Didn't You Used to Be...? - Devotions from the Road of Life

In an old movie I saw recently, a scene took place between a faded celebrity and a cocky young man. The young fellow approached the older one in a restaurant and asked, in a sneering tone, "Didn't you used to be...?" and he gave the character's name.

The young man meant to demean the older man in an attempt to impress his buddies. His tone implied "You're a has-been. You're nobody now, just an object of pity. You're a relic."

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Better Men

"During World War I a pair of lifelong friends enlisted in the Army together. Assigned to the same platoon, John and Bill vowed to never leave the other behind.

The two buddies were deployed to the German front and soon experienced the brutal cycle of trench warfare: advancing a few yards against the enemy on one day, only to give back those yards on the next. Yet in skirmish after skirmish, John had Bill’s back and Bill had John’s."

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Save The Children’s U.S. Programs To Benefit From New Frigidaire Cooking Academy

"Parents and kids can join in the fun of making good-for-you meals and snacks together while at the same time supporting Save the Children’s work in the U.S.

At Frigidaire’s Kid’s Cooking Academy, www.frigidaire.com, visitors can take part in a series of web cooking classes hosted by Chef Sue Milliken."

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Codes Are Not Enough: Why We Need Ethics

"You’d think the sagging economy would be the hot topic at a recent meeting of economists. But you’d be wrong."

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World Vision to benefit from IBM supercomputer’s competition on Jeopardy! quiz show

"International humanitarian organization World Vision has been named one of IBM’s two non-profit beneficiaries in the upcoming Jeopardy! contest between two of the quiz show’s most celebrated champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, and IBM’s 'Watson' computing system."

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Shooting victim's widow tells Tucson: 'Hang in there. Hang onto your loved ones'

"Near the end of Sunday's funeral for her husband, Mavanell 'Mavy' Stoddard — still in a wheelchair eight days after she was shot five times in the legs — gestured to one of her husband's four sons. She had something to say."

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Journey of the spirit: The Chopin Project

"The boy was 11, already well along in his process of discovering music, when he found himself alone at home one day, listening to a piece by one of history's great romantics.

He couldn't explain it, but something in the sounds of Frederic Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Opus 23 — as played by Polish musician Witold Malcuzynsky — struck Brian Ganz like a bolt from stormy skies."

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