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I hate loading the dishwasher. I really do. It's not because I don't like clean dishes, I very much like clean dishes. What I hate about it the mundane, never-endingness of it all. Every day. Unload the dishwasher... load the dishwasher. It happens every day... without fail. There is something about the monotony of this …
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One of my favorite movies is the Replacements. The movie tracks a team of ‘scabs’ who fill in when pro football players go on strike. During one team meeting in the locker room, the coach asks what are they afraid of. One guys says spiders. Another says bees. When the quarterback says quicksand, the team …
It is good to see you. I hope you enjoy what you read and see here. This website is similar to the journey of my life, it has taken several twists and turns to get it to where it is today. No matter what it has looked like throughout the time it has been around, …
Change is hard for many reasons for many people. While each of us likely have different reasons change is hard, the common denominator here is that change is hard. And we don’t like it. Maybe, I’m speaking more for myself than anyone else here. I hate change. It’s rough, it’s coarse, it gets into everything… …
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One of our recent adventures to the mountains of North Georgia I don't have many real adventures in my life. I don't have many things that I do that are very adventurous or exciting. Yeah, every now and then we go on a hike, we go on a long run, or we go on a …
I have been thinking quite a bit about detours. What I mean by detours is those times when you thought you knew how life was going to go or you were pretty sure you knew what direction you were taking, only to have the script flipped on you. So you had to detour. Generally, I …
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