Throwing you for a loop

This particular post you are about to read (or not read, depending on how boring it is) is not something typical of me. I have stated once or maybe twice that my spiritual life is very important to me. But I don’t normally go into any sort of detail unless I am asked. I don’t [...]

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This is so boring I can’t even think of a good title

Do you know how many posts I have started and then never finished in the past couple of weeks? A lot. That’s how much. I have no idea what to write about… there isn’t really anything too exciting going on for me. Actually, I take that back. There are a few things that I am [...]

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A random, precious find

Back in 2006, I was sitting at home because there was a ton of snow on the ground. I was bored out of my mind and put this little video together. So just a second ago I was sitting at my desk and Til Kingdom Come by Coldplay came on my Pandora. Immediately I remembered [...]

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I don’t have to make my own food today!

Right this very second I am sitting at my uncle’s house in Houston and it is Thanksgiving. For some reason, I can’t wrap my mind around it enough to remember that everything (except Garden Ridge) is closed. My first words this morning:
Shawn, I need coffee. Where’s the nearest Starbucks?
In the kitchen. Coffee that isn’t seven [...]

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Acehole

Back in August when I first moved into my new apartment, there was a tragedy in my small little family. My cat Sam, who had been mine since I was 8 years old, had passed away. I don’t think I have ever cried that much in my life. At one point I called my mom [...]

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Calm

This week, although it is only Wednesday and I am probably jinxing the rest of the week, has been absolutely refreshing and smooth and relaxing. I remember August. I remember thinking to myself “If Hell only had one month, it would be August”. I read this article by David Plotz over at Slate.com and this [...]

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Fifty Freaking Three

Dear Dad,
Today you are fifty three years old. Let me repeat FIFTY THREE. I would make fun of you because you are getting old, but let’s just face it: the older you get, the older I get. And that’s just not cool. Cassi was dying my hair for me yesterday and found THREE gray hairs.
One [...]

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Nothing new for me

A few weeks ago I decided that I needed to take a couple days off from work just to decompress. I have felt myself becoming more and more uptight and I really just didn’t like it. I blame it on my job. That is all I will say about that.
Yesterday and today are my two [...]

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Just a few thoughts.

On Friendship:
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the [...]

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Farting and burping in our family

My mom is having surgery today and there are so many other things on my mind right now that I am basically sitting here at my desk randomly staring off into space. One minute I am kicking ass and getting stuff done, and the next I am completely zoned out.
Yesterday Mom called me and this was [...]

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