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Gratitude
I am always disheartened by people who can’t see how amazing modern life is. The world is phenomenally better than it was 200 years ago. I live a life now that couldn’t have even been dreamt of by kings then. I have clean hot and cold running water, a refrigerator to keep food fresh for…
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Quiet
All the children are out and my wife is asleep. I have to go to work soon but for the moment I am at peace. 28 February 2023
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Words Have Power
My wife and I are both adept at using words. They express our needs and sometimes explain our thought processes. I also use them to sell and to argue and to defend myself. Because the wiring of my brain is atypical this can come out in very peculiar ways. I struggle with the feelings that…
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Gaming
I am an avid video gamer. I started playing the Atari 2600 when I was seven years old. That was almost 50 years ago. I played the first generation of commercial video games when they were new. In my teens I bought a Commodore 64 with my own money along with an external floppy drive,…
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I, Demigod
I am a demigodBorn of a human motherAnd also from an earthly fatherBut covered in the phlegmOf an alien god I am oppressedAnd also forsakenBy a god of oppressionHe cleared the dust from his throatAnd put it onto me I am darknessI am despairHe made himself more radiantAnd also more vibrantBy making me less so…
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Accidentally Loving
The other day I was having a conversation where someone was talking about one of the Church brethren and I said I loved that guy. It was only later that I realized that the Brother my priesthood leader was referring to was one with the same last name as the first name of a Brother…
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You Are Probably Smarter Than Me
When I was a teenager I was convinced that I was incredibly smart. I passed my classes without much study, I memorized huge chucks of music and dialog, I scored in the top 0.002% on the SATs, and I graduated 8th in a class of 450. And then I went to a very fancy and…
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Third Day Off
In real life I’m a customer service associate at Walgreens. I’m cross trained to help pharmacy. But this is a slow time of year for retail and the pharmacy has enough regular techs that the managers don’t need me to come in to specifically cover that. So this is my third day off in a…
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Beauty and Balance
When I was in grade school an art teacher saw me hurrying to finish what I was doing in his class. He told me something I have never forgotten. “Art is not a race,” he said. Then he gave me the instruction to work slowly. I was to fill up an entire page with my…
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Without
The human soul without remorse;An empty heart without resource.Without an inch left I can give,Without a reason left to live,I stand alone without a truth;I carry arms without an enemy.Without the time, yet in my youth,Without the strength I found to drive me.Where can I find what I am without?What, I must know, is what…
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Latter Day Sinner 