Monthly Archives: November 2016
TITF: My parents
Things I’m Thankful For – Day Five: My parents The older I get the more brilliant my parents become. Not that I was ever one of those kids who thought their parents were out of touch and clueless, but now … Continue reading
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TITF: My wife
Things I’m Thankful For – Day Four: My wife How do you even begin to thank someone who had every chance to run away and didn’t? Who has seen me at my worst and still loves me? My wife been … Continue reading
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TITF: My children
Things I’m Thankful For – Day Three: My children How do you even begin to describe the space your children occupy in your life? How do you describe the combined weight of the pride, the fear, the joy, the frustration, … Continue reading
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TITF: Books
Things I’m Thankful For – Day Two: Books If music has been a powerful influence in my life, so have books. I was reading well before first grade (I never went to kindergarten), and books have been a source of … Continue reading
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TITF: Music
Things I’m Thankful For – Day One: Music Music has been, is, and likely always will be a major part of my life. I grew up with music around me constantly, and singing with the family was a given. I … Continue reading
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Same old same old
Liberals are doubling down on their failed strategy, ensuring they will continue to be the minority party. The “party of the intelligentsia” are failing to learn from their mistakes. In short, when faced with a come-from-behind electoral shellacking, they’re returning … Continue reading
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We need a little Christmas
I’m usually a “Christmas comes after Thanksgiving” kind of guy. But Peter Hollens has a Christmas album out, and one of his songs is an original that I’ve fallen in love with. And in light of recent events we could … Continue reading
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And now we move on
You know how many candidates I seriously considered voting for this election cycle? Pretty much all of them. So I hold no animosity toward anyone for their vote in this election. The choices we were given weren’t very good. Everyone … Continue reading
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Media bias or reader bias?
This piece in Vanity Fair is interesting. Some highlights: This is not an argument at all for moral equivalency between Breitbart and, say, The Washington Post. That would be ludicrous, but all media organizations are grappling with changing audience expectations … Continue reading
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Okay, I confess…
The real reason I don’t watch sports is because I know darn well if I start watching I’ll not want to stop watching. I’m a writer, see, and that means I can’t ignore a story. Which is why it was … Continue reading
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