Tag: responsibility
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Soda and Chocolate Fairies
We have soda and chocolate in the house. I’ve got Ben convinced it’s magic. But Stephanie and I are the soda and chocolate fairies. At some point I grew up. My homeless friend Raven stopped in this evening. He was covered with snow and drunk off his ass. I fed him because of Jesus or…
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Scientific Determinism
There are some brilliant scientific minds that assert that I do not have a choice about anything. They insist that everything I do and think has been determined by the physics and chemistry that I have inherited. Every particle in the universe was, they say, set in motion during the big bang. I can’t do…
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Poop Day
It’s garbage day tomorrow. That means diapers and cat litter need to be taken out of the house and put into the garbage bin. All that poop is my responsibility. I have almost no sense of smell which is a small blessing on poop day. It mostly stays pretty contained during the week which is…
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Mice and Ants
We occasionally get a mouse in the house. They don’t last long though. Magic will kill them and apparently so will Ether. Stephanie described how the other day Ether was “playing” with a mouse. It was alive and he was tossing it into the air and catching it. I’m not particularly worried about mice though…
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Joy in Meaning
Describe one habit that brings you joy. Joy is a strange word for me. I do not wish to pursue happiness because that is a fools errand. But I do want joy. I don’t really think that can be pursued. One does not seek out joy and seize it. Joy comes to you or at…