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The Decemberists

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It was a nice quiet weekend spent with the family. We did what the US government wanted and predicted we would do. We shopped. We bought middle-class items for our middle-class home and our middle-class family: Lacrosse stick, kids ski goggles, ski gloves, a $300 Costco run with the predictable staples - toilet paper, tissues, two huge ass head and shoulders bottles and of … [Read more...] about The Decemberists

Media Pollution

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I remember a time when I went to bed without a smartphone. It was a quieter time, a less troubled time. Now it follows that I go wherever it goes. If not in my hand, always by my side. Distracted Idle moments turn into information for information's sake. At the cost of my attention. Justify it I do, no time wasted, learning, evolving, connecting to the point where we … [Read more...] about Media Pollution

God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for me

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There was a boy, around eight years old, wearing a black shirt with this written on the back:  "God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for me." I don’t know, but it just seemed that, if the T-shirt is true, then God is not a nice guy.  I know there are kids born into this world who have terrible lives, who were just born into unfortunate … [Read more...] about God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for me

The Moment I Lost My Faith

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I heard on the radio about a boy who had been sodomized, tortured, and killed. It seemed as if I’d been hearing about that a lot lately.  I imagined the child, reaching out to a trusting adult, only to be slowly and painfully murdered.  I imagined the grief the parents felt, knowing that their son not only died, but horrifically so.  It was not even my … [Read more...] about The Moment I Lost My Faith