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Surprisingly Jealous of a Pharmacist

I wrote this almost 6 months ago and sat on it.  I wanted to make sure that I was not just letting emotional lightning scorch the keys and then publish …

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My Kids Are More Mature Than Me

I am in a position right now between the Navy and my family which is pretty rough.  I am handling it pretty well, but it is awfully hard.  As I …

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I Found My Max Capacity

I was frustrated. I was angry. I was moving away from Washington State.  I had developed some really intimate relationships with some of the men I met up there and …

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My Wife’s Encouraging Letter to Friends in the Midst of Porn

  My wife and I have endured much together.  I love her deeply.  (You hear that babe, I said I love you, and I said it in “public”)  All kidding …

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Family??

What exactly is Family? I have a deep bond with blood relatives.  They are family. I have blood relatives that I have no bond or association with at all, neither …

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Here we go again…

It has been a little while but we have finally settled down after the move. Or rather, we are settling down enough that I can get back to writing and …

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I Hated Me

I have typed this first paragraph several times now.  I keep trying to work up a metaphor for the pain and bitterness that I carried around with me.  A metaphor …

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Why I Loved Frozen

I heard and read several reviews of this movie before watching it.  I was fully prepared to watch a pop culture propaganda flick eroding traditional gender roles and pushing a …

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How to Connect With an Introvert

For those of you who read this blog but do not know me personally, let me make something clear… I am not an introvert. Though I do not always enjoy …

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I’m a Supermodel

That’s right!! I said it. It seems the purpose of the runway walkers, and I do not mean FOD walk down, is to provide us an example of the fashion …

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