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Choose Your Own Adventure

Most of the time, I’m a pretty firm believer in eyes forward, one foot in front of the other, just keep swimming, etc. No sense looking back with regret at the past, as there’s little you can do to change it and all of that. Every once in a while, though, you’ll come across someone from your past who made…

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Goodbye 2012

The end of any year often brings with it a lot of self reflection. What did I accomplish this past year?  What do I want the next year of my life to look like? In general, how do I think I’m doing in making progress down that road toward the sometimes mythically seeming ‘person I want to be’? Sometimes I…

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Islam, Christianity and Violence

If you’ve been paying attention to any world news over the last couple of weeks, you’ve no doubt seen depictions of Islamic protests around the world some say are mostly in response to the truly, truly terrible “movie” The Innocence of Muslims. While some of the protests may well be incited by this atrocious film, some of them – like the…

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What the cluck?

Here’s a picture from a Houston, TX Chick-fil-a today, as people responded to Rick Santorum’s call to come out showing support for the restaurant chain. And here’s a picture of a Houston, TX polling place during the 2008 Presidential election. We are a nation of idiots.

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Mile 10 is a beast

Some thoughts on this years Flying Pig Half Marathon in Cincinnati.  It started out beautifully, with perfect weather and what seemed like a very large crowd.  Almost everyone who was running seemed to have a crowd of supporters with them.  The crowd was energetic, and so were the runners. Just like last year, the first four miles – starting at Paul…

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