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Look Ma, No Truck!
After talking to my wise and knowledgeable friend, he convinced me to rethink our plan to drive to California with a loaded U-Haul and a car hitch dragging my Elantra behind.
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#155 / Manners
A dinner of highly-educated people all gathered together. Conversation topics are profound and various, and as the food is brought out, everyone reveals the absolute worst table manners imaginable. Completely normal, and increasingly bad. -Eating with feet -Throwing food at wall to bounce back into mouth -Yelling and gargling turkey -A man actually stabs his…
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California Confirmed
Today my wife announced on social media that we are moving to Los Angeles, thereby making it both public and official.
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Midas and the Mouse
It’s no secret that any film John Lassiter touches has magic in it. I’m pretty sure Disney bought Pixar, and then realized afterwards who the golden goose really was. You can see the films he’s produced and imbued with certain mystical properties, and if you’re my age, you even grew up with them. Monsters Inc.,…
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A Poem by a Sick Man
Purple skies above my roof Windows streaked with golden hues A gorgeous day not spent outside I’ll probably die alone in here.
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Active Belief, Part 2
I happened upon another instance today where “minding yo’ own damn business” would pretty much be just the best thing ever. It had to do with the recent presidential election, and some of the atrocious nonsense that Donald Trump can’t seem to stop saying.
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Great Expectations
Sometimes, so much is expected of us, in work, relationships, families, and throughout our lives, that we forget how much the world doesn’t depend on us. It’s true. I’m not saying we our lives are t important, either. I’m trying to give hope! We need to remember that our decisions shape our lives, but they…
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Work Ethic
I have a gigantic post I want to write on the topic of work ethic and self-worth, buts it’s way too late right now. I’ll have to leave it for tomorrow or Tuesday, when I have more time. Right now, let me say this: The longer I find myself out in the workforce, the more…