Yesterday was a crazy day. Due to circumstances beyond our control, which partly just means it didn’t get realized until too late, Go Play Peoria and the Reformation Day Faire were on the same day. So naturally we proceeded to devolop a complicated plan involving two major events, two vehicles, and nine [...]
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If you take the definition of humility as looking at yourself honestly (neither more highly or lowly than you ought to), this post is not nearly as arrogant as it might sound. I just thought I’d clear that up at the beginning.
I realized today that I am an intelligent person. Hey, stop laughing. Yes, you, [...]
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The road of self-discovery I’ve been trekking on lately has run through some pretty odd places. Some people go to Europe or China to find themselves. I think that’s silly because I’ve always known where I am I just didn’t understand what that had to do with anything. So I don’t bother going off someplace [...]
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Being an collection of odd likes, dislikes, interests and hobbies can be a bit peculiar sometimes. A thought from this part of my head will break loose from its moorings and drift off into that part of my head where it collides with something from over there and sparks a brand new thought process. Dietrich [...]
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Yesterday being our weekly library day I found myself at the library (weird, I know). In the midst of trying to find something for Samuel that took far too long to find and then ended up being not what he’d wanted I stumbled on a book called Dr. Suess Goes to War. It is a [...]
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The other day I had a realization that was so profound it might be worthy of the short list of pivotal moments of my life. And while, as is usual for my life, it was a very ordinary moment it was nonetheless profound.
I was thinking about being married. (Excursus: Whenever I contemplate a life apart [...]
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Warning: The following post will mostly be an excursus on where bits of my geek media have crossed. If you, or any of your friends, are among that class of people who consider themselves “normal” then there is a good chance you will be shunned and/or mocked as a geek simply for reading this post. [...]
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