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Early Sunday
It’s too early to be awake and I’ve already been up for two hours. I’m still planning on going to church today, but it seems like such a long way off at this point. The house is quiet and my thoughts are spinning. They aren’t wildly out of control at the moment. They’re just at…
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Saturday Sugar
Saturdays were lazy days when I was a kid. There were cartoons on the television and lots of sugar. I almost never watch TV anymore. I kind of grew out of it and it’s very expensive for the crap they put on cable nowadays. But I woke up at a decent time today and I…
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Loose Bolts
Most of the chairs in our house are a composite of multiple building materials. Fabric, and wood, and paper, and metal. But they are almost all bolted together with bolts about half as wide as my pinky finger. Those bolts get loose pretty quickly and as that creates wear and tear the speed they loosen…
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Thursdays are Weird
I made a deal with my manager at Walgreens that I would work evenings and weekends in exchange for Thursdays (and usually Sundays) off. It has largely held through the three plus years I have been employed. The rationale is that I need one weekday completely free. Our family schedules appointments with doctors and therapists…
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Don’t Tell Me
It’s early in the morning and I’m having trouble sleeping again. My mind is a little too active for me to feel restful. My reflux is also acting up more than usual. I’m thinking it’s going to be a long day. I’m also thinking about a sign my high school music teacher had that said…
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Pluralism and Neutrality
For the past twenty four hours I have been arguing in a political group on Facebook that all levels of government should remain as perfectly neutral in religious maters as humanly possible to maintain a pluralistic society. But I feel like I am beating my head against a wall so I’m retreating into my head.…
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Walk Upright but Be Humble
I had a dream that still haunts me a year later. I’ve probably shared it before so here it is again: I woke up in my dark roomSound like an internet dail upA man appearsWhite hair and beard brown eyesTwo piece white suitWhite banded collarWhite slippers and white glovesHe spoke a said “Walk upright but…