• LifeStuff

    Personal reflections on my life and experiences.

    SOTD: “Sure Be Cool If You Did” by Blake Shelton

    by  • February 14, 2013 • SOTD • 0 Comments

    Every time I hear a Blake Shelton song, I am inevitably caught by some hook in the musical phrasing- either by some catchy instrumental arrangement, or a comfortable cadence in the song, and as a dancing fool, I end up really liking it. This song is no different. It just rolls along, slow and...

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    SOTD: “Begin Again” by Taylor Swift

    by  • February 11, 2013 • SOTD • 0 Comments

    I’m not a huge Taylor Swift fan, but after hearing the music and then listening to the lyrics of this song, I thought it was post-worthy. It’s a gift to realize you can love- and be loved- once more when you’ve loved before, and that love was ignored or taken for granted. It’s a...

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    SOTD: “New Man” by All Things New

    by  • February 4, 2013 • SOTD • 1 Comment

    A new discovery to me, I will be buying the first album by this group. Excellent vocal layering. A beautiful song. Tremendous worship. Fantastic confession. “All Things New” drops their first album February 12th. You can visit the band’s website here.

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    Addled

    by  • January 28, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    Coming into the New Year, it felt like I finally was moving forward in some things in my life. Now that January is closing down, I feel back to where I was before, frustrated and confused and tired and unfocused. After finally shaking a month long cold to begin this year, another one has...

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    The Highlight of My Day: A Thanks to Stephanie

    by  • January 22, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    The highlight of my day today was being able to pay a tribute on Facebook to my old boss at RCN in Chicago, Stephanie Ratko. Busy with a lot of responsibilities of her own and always professional, Stephanie still stood by me, made time to listen to me, and overlooked a tide of emotional...

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    When Heroes Fall

    by  • January 17, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    As I dug around tonight for something to write about, I went through my normal agitation-distraction routine and visited Facebook, and then checked my email again for the twelfth time in the last hour, and then I hopped on over to ESPN online to check hoop scores. Once I saw that Illinois was losing...

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    Quick Hits: Sunday, January 13, 2013

    by  • January 13, 2013 • Dear Diary • 0 Comments

    The weekend was good and busy, but with some challenges. After work on Friday, I met my friend Sally for some dancing with the club people at Grahams. It was enjoyable, but I felt tired a lot more quickly that night than I usually do. Saturday morning, I woke up, and my long muscles...

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    A Rough Morning

    by  • January 8, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    Tonight our church small group got back together again for the first time in three weeks due to the Christmas furlough. It was a joy to be back together with this small cluster of people who have become my circle of closer friends over the last year. I am glad there was a lot...

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    The Bookshelf

    by  • January 2, 2013 • LifeStuff • 1 Comment

    After a year-and-some of living in this structure people call my house, I went out in the garage tonight and emptied about three boxes of books, bringing them inside for a public life on a new book shelf I threw into the meager furniture mix. I actually went out in the garage and planned...

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