Category: Do Not Quote Me
Everyone starts somewhere. These posts are from my earlier years — written with confidence that outpaced wisdom. I’ve left them up because deleting them would be dishonest, and because the distance between then and now is kind of the whole point.
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Roadblocks, Trespasses and Dysfunction, oh my!
It’s never what you expect. You have high hopes. You suffer from what is known as “optimism bias.” Somewhere in your mind, it’s all going to work out, until, it doesn’t. That’s a tough pill to swallow even if you coat the pride with sweetened acceptance that “it just wasn’t meant to be.” The truth
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School’s Out – Where’s my gorram cheese?
I apologize for the long wait between posts. I’ve been dealing with a little extra stress in my life and took the appropriate break to try and sort some of it out. Hope you’ve all been well and that the forthcoming content appeases your appetites. As always, I look forward to hearing from all of
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Education: Why my degree doesn’t matter.
Every month, I review my credit report and follow up with any inaccuracies. I found several around a year ago and have been vigilant about maintaining my credit score ever since. However, that is not what this post is about. While reviewing the credit report, I discovered that I have a simply staggering amount of
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Unleashed: A curious bit of follow up.
I want to be upfront about something. The post, “It’s a Curious Bit of Culture,” from the inception of the idea, worried me. When I conceived the first sentence all the way up until when Laura, my wonderful wife and editor, read it. I knew that I was self-editing in the extreme. What’s wrong with
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It’s a curious bit of culture isn’t it?
You probably know someone who is an asshole. Pardon the expression, it may be brutal, but it’s necessary. We all know one. It is said that there is one in every group. I have even heard the addendum that if you don’t think so, you’re probably it. You’ve probably experienced this thought a time or