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Review of Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on February 24, 2021 by admin

Late last year, I watched Stranger Than Fiction. I enjoyed it immensely and found myself thinking long and hard about a number of things afterward, so I thought it deserves a review. Spoilers abound so check out the movie before … Continue reading →

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Gentle Lessons

Posted on February 17, 2021 by admin

Every so often, I get opportunities to dig deep and work on things within myself without too much pain. I call these opportunities “gentle lessons”. Here are a few relatively recent examples. The first example concerns my dog, Sawyer. He … Continue reading →

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Welcome the Mess

Posted on February 10, 2021 by admin

I started cleaning and organizing a few rooms at home toward the end of last year. I knew from past experience that I’d completely fail if I tried to get it all done quickly so I decided to work a … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Disaster on the Way to Utopia

Posted on February 3, 2021 by admin

I often see people use the word “utopia” to describe what they consider to be an unrealistic or extremely unlikely society. In conversations about how the world could be, once someone characterizes another’s viewpoint as utopian, the exchange usually devolves … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Role Models Wisely

Posted on January 27, 2021 by admin

Be careful when you look to someone for guidance on living your life. Lots of people think they know how life works and how you can live most effectively but plenty of them are struggling hard behind the scenes. Not … Continue reading →

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A Wave of Nostalgia

Posted on January 20, 2021 by admin

Sometime within the past few weeks, I listened to a cover of “Green Tambourine” from Recess: School’s Out. It immediately took me back to when I first watched that movie in elementary school. I think I saw it during summer … Continue reading →

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A Sobering Perspective

Posted on January 13, 2021 by admin

We’re all going to die someday. Even if advances in technology and medicine help us live much longer than we currently can, eventually either time will catch up with us or we’ll decide that we’ve had enough. Death is the … Continue reading →

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Some of My Thoughts on The Good Place

Posted on January 6, 2021 by admin

I started watching The Good Place late last year and it quickly became one of my favorite shows ever. Everything about it, from the sense of humor to the character development to how they explored some heavy concepts, was a … Continue reading →

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My Reflections on 2020

Posted on December 30, 2020 by admin

Where do I even begin? I didn’t see any of this coming at the start of 2020. This year started off normally for me, right down to attending Lollies and Lemonade in late January exactly as I had done in … Continue reading →

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Reviewing My 2020 Goals

Posted on December 23, 2020 by admin

Last year, I came up with a handful of goals that I hoped to accomplish this year. I believe it’s better to focus on a few things at a time rather than spreading myself too thin. That’s been a good … Continue reading →

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