Sometime last week, Elaine and I rented the recent romantic comedy with Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker. It was fair. But this morning, when I took it to the car to return it, I thought of a joke. (Incredibly late as usual; the movie came out last March).
Anyway. The joke.
How in the world does [...]

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#1: One really good outcome of going to my high school reunion is a simple realization. I like my life. I love my wife. I’m glad for the choices I’ve made, and I really am grateful for all the wonderful people who have been a part of my life.
#2: I can’t believe I haven’t [...]

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I barely escaped with my life.
By now, I’m used to being outnumbered by those of the female persuasion. Normal ratios at my house are 4 to 1. However, tonight was far from normal, my friends, far from normal. Daughter numero uno is finally celebrating her 12th birthday, almost a month late. And it’s a slumber [...]

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I know I’m out of shape…now I know just how much I’m out of shape.
Jogged with my daughter yesterday. From our house to the college track. things went ok, other than this interchange: “Does this feel slow to you, Talli?” “Well, yeah, we usually warm up faster than this.”
Rested up. Decided to try one 400 [...]

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Elaine and I just got invited to our first murder mystery dinner party. You know, where you play a role, and get clues, and try to figure out who committed the murder. (I’m still trying to figure out what it means for my pacifist commitment if I end up being the killer…but I digress.)
We received [...]

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Robin gently called me out for lack of blogging in a comment, so I figured that maybe I ought to say what’s going on.
Once I was full of bravado
Now I’m incommunicado
afraid to be bold
afraid of the scold
If I flash like AJ foretold
(I’m at our Yearly Meeting’s pastor’s conference this week. Very refreshing, lots of stuff [...]

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So who in their right mind would pick George Mason, an 11 seed who almost didn’t even get invited to the tourney, as a final four team? Tamara Brand, that’s who. So she deserves some blog love!
The night before the tournament started, I called the Brand’s house. I admit it: I used manipulation and guilt. [...]

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Before tonight, the only time I’ve been on tv was a horrible experience. I was a sophomore in high school, our baseball team had a big game with state playoff implications, and the television cameras were there. We were losing late in the game, I was on first base, and somebody on our team hit [...]

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As you obviously noticed from the previous blog picture posts, this trip has already been outstanding…FOUR LICENSE PLATES ALREADY, PEOPLE! And, for the rest of you interested in my astute observations on mundane life, I’ve been musing about how weird it is to be three time zones away from the people you love the most. [...]

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Look carefully, friends, at this magnificent piece of machinery. Look on it, for it is gone.
When this truck entered my life, it touched parts of my soul that I didn’t know existed. Our community group bought this truck together, to share as we began the journey into rural life and intentional community. Here’s what [...]

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