writing

  • I know everyone is tired of hearing about this, and I labor under no delusion that I have anything new or groundbreaking to say. Good thing this is a personal blog, and this post is a personal letter, so I’ve got no Big Expectations to meet. During your last visit you bore witness to me…

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  • I’ve had several concepts of letters to write to you lately, but they’ve all felt half-baked. Unfortunately, nothing more appetizing has presented itself, so I welcome you today to a buffet of unripe, undercooked morsels of ideas. Your father has been teaching a class on counseling at church for several weeks now. A recent Sunday,…

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  • I’ve tried and failed many times to keep a journal. I like the idea of keeping record of my life, of having a reference to look back on to see what my past was like from my own real-time perspective, which will have long faded from my memory. I’ve just never been able to stick…

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  • I don’t have the time to watch nearly as many movies and television shows as I’d like. I suppose that sounds rather silly, as many people wish they didn’t “waste” so much time on the couch, but I typically only watch TV when I’m folding laundry, or once in a while when spending time with…

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  • Nearly a week ago, I had my first bike crash. It feels silly to admit at the ripe old age of twenty-three, but I never learned to bike as a kid. I consider myself a pretty risk-averse person, so even when I taught myself to ride a bike at seventeen, I was cautious enough to…

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  • Fun Fact

    You know how when you’re a kid, and it’s the beginning of the school year, your teacher wants to help everyone get to know each other, but time is limited, so she asks each student to share his name and one fun fact about himself? Depending on where you lie in the seating arrangement, your…

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