Category: Essay
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The Super Bowl
I think tomorrow is the Super Bowl. There are headlines on the news websites I look at. I see little blurbs about “Tom Brady” and “Goodell” and Kansas City. I wouldn’t recognize Tom Brady if I bumped into him at the grocery store. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I could pick out…
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Stylish Me
I’m aware this is an exercise in vanity, but it’s fun to imagine a little. I’ve never been one who is into fashion. It never made much sense to me. I prefer wearing clothes that are practical and comfortable, clothes I can do stuff in. Make-up was never my forte. Nor was hair styling, hence…
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Jiu Jitsu
If you’d told me 10 years ago that I’d be doing jiu jitsu at this time in my life, I wouldn’t have believed you. More so, if you’d told me I’d be doing jiu jitsu with my pastor’s son’s wife, I really wouldn’t have believed you. I also get to do jiu jitsu with my…
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January
January has to be the most disliked month of the 12 in the year. Since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by time, seasons, weather. Even now, the passage of time in particular fascinates me. It’s often bittersweet; at other times it’s purely sad and yet at other times it’s joyful. The passage of…
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The Peanut Butter Falcon
I just watched one of the best movies I’ve seen – probably ever. It’s called The Peanut Butter Falcon. It came out in 2019. I’m not one to watch a lot of movies. Few of them actually hold my attention. But this one held me. It also pulled quite strongly on the chordae tendinae (the…
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A Taste of Homelessness
Today I got a glimpse of the homeless life. It’s not one I’d want to live. And my experience wasn’t bad. At all, really. I still had ample clothing, plenty of money, a vehicle (albeit a vehicle in the shop – more on that later), and a hotel room waiting on me. We had to…
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