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Valentine’s Day… but why though? | The revised headspace
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Welcome – The randomness begins here. Valentine’s Day… but why though? February 13, 2014. So here it comes again, that dreaded (or highly anticipated) day of the year, Valentine’s Day. Most women, even if they intellectually agree with these arguments against Valentine’s Day, secretly wish their mate would do something special for them on February 14. Admittedly, despite my own opposition to the Valentine’s Day matter I’ve been known to give in and get her something special. In recent times I’ve opte...
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You’re not just watering dirt | Bits and bobs
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Random thoughts about random things by a random person. You’re not just watering dirt. December 28, 2015. About a year or so ago, a guy gave a talk at Church and he told a story that had a key phrase that really stuck with me: You’re not just watering dirt. I meant to write this particular post closer to when I heard the story, but… Surprise! Sure enough, of course, the tiny green shoots poked through the ground, but it took a while. When we are kids, we are pretty impatient with things. The younger ...
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May | 2014 | I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog
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I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog. Monthly Archives: May 2014. May 26, 2014. On Elliot Rodger, and Recent Tragic Events. When I was fourteen, I started volunteering at the hospital in my small town. I wheeled newspapers around on small carts, rang up purchases at the gift shop, sat at the information desk and directed family members to the correct rooms. It wasn’t altruism: I had been told it would look good on a college application. Does he hang around the desk a lot? On average, there are 88...
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March | 2015 | I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog
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I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog. Monthly Archives: March 2015. March 28, 2015. Excuse me, Miss. I hear it before I see it: “Pick your feet up, sweetheart.”. I turn. Two dudes, hoodies, cigarettes. Older guys, grey in the face, lurking in the overhang above the pizza place next door. My car is already unlocked and I can see that the fact that I’ve made eye contact is surprising, that this alone is unexpected. Excuse me. Miss! Did you hear me? 8221; glances. And I take a deep breath, and I...
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June | 2014 | I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog
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I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog. Monthly Archives: June 2014. June 30, 2014. Twelve Children’s Books I Want To Write. Ps: That last illustration was totally cribbed from the excellent C.B. Bryza’s “Are You My Boyfriend? 8221; It’s great. You can buy it here. Follow me via email! Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. On A List of Jobs I Invented At M…. On Clap along if you feel like ha…. Irishguy on Twelve Habits of Happy, Health….
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February | 2015 | I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog
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I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog. Monthly Archives: February 2015. February 23, 2015. February is actually the longest month. I’m so tired of being cold. The girl with the unshowered head of hair, crying in her gross old sweatpants over a gross cup of coffee. Underscore it with a tuba solo and you’ve basically got a better short film than anything I worked on in undergrad. No more. You’ve done enough. When you can put on a sundress again, we can talk about that to-do list. Follow me via email!
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June | 2015 | I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog
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I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog. Monthly Archives: June 2015. June 21, 2015. It’s Father’s Day, so I took down the Daddy Book this morning. When I was little, my Dad worked long hours, and he didn’t get to see a whole lot of us. I know now that my mother was depressed, that it was hard for her to be alone in a small apartment with a little kid, that he was chronically exhausted, that it was a rough few years. I don’t really remember any of that. I was too little. So many people have stories ...
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October | 2014 | I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog
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I Am Begging My Mother Not To Read This Blog. Monthly Archives: October 2014. October 27, 2014. I watched a mom hit her kid in a thrift store tonight. I watched a mom hit her kid in a thrift store tonight. Not spank. Hit. It was loud, and it was awful, and immediately there were like fifteen people on high alert, drawn to the sound of solid hand making contact, again and again, kid wailing and full-voiced. Get your ass up. She muttered, jerking the girl’s arms upwards and rolling the cart elsewhere.
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How to be Happy | Artfully Aspiring
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Making Every Day A Masterpiece. Skip to primary content. How to be Happy. May 5, 2014. This week’s writing challenge. Share something you’ve learned with your readers. I’ve noticed that if I’m present enough in each moment, I’m always learning. Listen to my heart. I’m assuming I’m not the only person who lives in cycles. I mean, with the changing seasons and tides, it’s only natural, right? Well, being bipolar has a whole other world of cycles, which can be much less predictable than when the leaves are ...
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