• Brothers Be Flippin’

    by  • September 20, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Disregard what the YouTube description says. This is me and my brother getting down at a dance in college. We were a lot shorter then. And my brother really loved long belts. And that was pretty much the only music played out here in Nuevo Mexico, ’cause it was so long ago. We worked...

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    Quick Hits | Thursday, September 20, 2012

    by  • September 20, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Goodbye, old tree.

    I don’t know what the deal is, but I am enjoying a round of nausea this afternoon. My guess it is the result of re-upping on a medication, but it could also be my stomach’s unhappy handling of a mug of coffee this morning, or a reaction to something else I have eaten. I...

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    A Phone Call, Kindness, and Little Boys

    by  • September 17, 2012 • 1 Comment

    I had a good talk tonight with my friend Gwen. Gwen became a friend through the dance club here in town. After being dance club acquaintances for a while, we ended up deciding to get coffee one Sunday afternoon, in which I got her life story (a tough one) and a lot of understanding...

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    Quick Hits | Wednesday, September 12, 2011

    by  • September 12, 2012 • 0 Comments

    It’s been a good day, long but decent. I think all I have tonight is that I am reminded once again that I am not good with intimate relationships, and that I am confused by them and how people wander into them, and I am not sure I know what one even looks like....

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    “Boys vs. Men”: A Short Take by John Bryson

    by  • September 11, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Boys take, Men give. Boys criticize, Men create. Boys complain, Men solve. Boys consume, Men serve. Boys pout, Men endure. A post by John Bryson at his site, johnbryson.org. John has started a new site for men on being men that is worth checking out: authenticmanhood.com.

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    Quick Hits | Sunday, September 9, 2012

    by  • September 9, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Another weekend closes down. I am entering this post after finishing up a good 7 hours of being at work staring at the project that won’t build itself. Not all of this time has been spent on programming. I am still in a mental fog from sleep hunger and whatever else is stifling my...

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    Quick Hits | Friday, September 7, 2012

    by  • September 7, 2012 • 2 Comments

    It’s now Friday morning in what has felt like one of the longest short work weeks of my life. I’ve felt chronically tired since stepping in the office Tuesday morning, and it has been an overall tired, complete with a hunger for sleep, a mushy mind, two golfer’s elbows, achy arm muscles, and a...

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    Quick Hits | Wednesday, September 5, 2012

    by  • September 5, 2012 • 0 Comments

    I don’t know why I don’t change the name of this section to Dear Diary. Cause that’s what these are. Diary entries. Oh well. Day was good, but long. I’ve continued to struggle with a problem in being able to finish a particular project at work, and I know the client is a little...

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    Quick Hits | Tuesday, September 4, 2012

    by  • September 4, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Morning Butterfly

    My day started out after I left for work with a stop for gas, and at the station I was greeted by this incredibly vivid butterfly. It was sitting on a short wall near a pump and looked so out of place. After checking it out for a few, I moved it to a...

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    Quick Hits | Monday, September 3, 2012

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    Shukriya (or "Little Boy") mans the staircase

    Today was a good Labor Day, although I continued to feel tired most of the day. The bulk of the day was spent at home. After a year of captivity, I let the cats out to scout the house. My little boy was like, “Meh.” The little girl came downstairs and cautiously checked out...

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    Perils of an Empty Throne

    by  • September 3, 2012 • 0 Comments

    In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.~ Judges 21:25 How interesting it is that this is the verse that concludes the Book of Judges. It aptly summarizes the history of Israel in this period as the nation, without clear leadership and convictions, tumults from strength into weakness, and...

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    Quick Hits | Sunday, September 2, 2012

    by  • September 2, 2012 • 0 Comments

    It’s Sunday evening, about 8:40, and I am tapped out. For the middle of a holiday weekend, I feel drained, and as if there is not enough time to get done what I need to get done. It was my hope to get headway made on one pressing project at work, and another one...

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    Quick Hits | Friday, August 31, 2012

    by  • August 31, 2012 • 0 Comments

    It’s now 5:30 P.M. on a Friday evening- the Friday before the long Memorial Weekend unfolds and Americans check out for an extra day. Over the last week, I’ve noticed temperatures falling in and out of the office. The sky is darker in the morning on run days- not quite full on night, but...

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