BFF
This one is simple, thanks to my good friend Chris, who spent the weekend with me being a friend and helping me find happiness again.
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This Makes Me Smile
"Drawing is just two things, putting lines on paper, and deciding where they go."James A. Owen
View ArticleShe Gave Me Away
An amazing friend of mine recently introduced me to Mark Schultz. He is a christian songwriter and singer who was adopted. He wrote a song for his birth mother that I really enjoyed. The following you...
View ArticleTo A Friend
Edna St. Vincent Millay"I shall forget you presently, my dear"I shall forget you presently, my dear,So make the most of this, your little day,Your little month, your little half a year,Ere I forget, or...
View ArticleMusic
According to our friends over at Wiki: Music is an art form in which the medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its...
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Marriage
Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies...
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Nicholas Sparks
I realize I don’t quite fit the demographics for his novels. That doesn’t bother me. I rather enjoy telling people, “Actually, I have read every book Nicholas Sparks has written.” Women usually say,...
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Live, Laugh, and Love
"I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known."~Unknown
View ArticleOh God No! Not a Religious Post!
While my religious beliefs are just that - my own - I can, and do, appreciate humor. Even religious humor found amid church billboards trying to coerce us in their doors. The following is a collection...
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My First 10K!
I’ve never been a runner. I think the combination of relatively slow speeds, lack of adrenaline creating situations, and constant physical output required sort of ranked it up there with a weekend...
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Drunk Blogging!!!
F'ing A!!!!After a pletheora - f'it, i'm drunk, I don't need to know how to spell, much less try to use big words for YOU - after a pelethora (spelled differenly on purpose to prove I'm only have...
View ArticleVodka - Part 2
Where to start? I guess when I'm done laughing at myself I might come up with something clever to say. I thought about editing the post; maybe make it a little less "drunk". I even considered deleting...
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One Year To The Day...
On December 19, 2007 I sat down and tearfully explained - to a woman I had never met, knew little about, yet longed for quite terribly – why I was reaching out to her after all these years. I mark that...
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The Picture in the Mirror
It’s easy to critique a picture…We throw stones. Big ones. Don’t we? We hurl them as hard and as far as we can! And it usually feels good! We look for validation of our own actions, our own humanity...
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Politics
I was told once that I was a Republican. It was an interesting and humorous conversation. I had invited some friends aboard my boat; they brought with them some additional friends that I had never met....
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Happy Birthday to Me
I sit here today full of emotions. Emotions that are so very different from the ones I’ve experienced previously around this time of the year. The holiday-less calendar hanging on the cluttered wall to...
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I Don't Hate Monday's!
I spent the weekend on my boat – something I try to do religiously. My season starts sometime around the early part of March and often extends through the middle of November. It is a longer season than...
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A Gift
“Music” by Henri Matisse (1907)Music has always spoken to me, as it does so many. As a listener, we are afforded the creative freedom to bend lyrics - almost molding them around our personal situations...
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My Frist Triathlon
Today I was asked to put together a paragraph about myself. A short description the announcers can use when they broadcast the race live on May 30th over the Principia College Internet Radio. I did...
View ArticleBlogging
Dear Mr. 1/8 Full,You have done a horrible job of blogging this year. While I understand your year was full of surprises, setbacks, and summers of… I would like to point out that it was you yourself...
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2009 Recap – The Year of Personal Growth
- After 20 years I reconnected with an old friend named Kelly, who became one of my best friends this year!- Mexico!- I spent my (35th) first birthday with my birthmother.- I started training in...
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2010 Goals
They say you should write down your goals and tell your friends what you plan to accomplish. It makes sense, really. I mean, unless your friends are jerks and would try to talk you out of doing...
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Y2K+X
It had less of a following, but just as great a potential to paralyze our civilization. That’s right, Y2K+X or 2010 for those not wanting to do the math. It did, really. I wouldn’t joke about this kind...
View ArticleBonding With Your Adopted Child
I thought this was worth reposting from WikiHow. Here is the original link: http://www.wikihow.com/Bond-With-Your-Adopted-ChildBonding with your adopted child can be easier than you think. The level of...
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