May 2012
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Five Things I Would Say To A New Grad (Read: Don't...
One thing that really fascinates me is the idea of generations. It makes perfect sense - the way the world operates shapes the mindset of all everyone living within it. Social norms are created…but of course, things always change.
This brings me to the reason I wanted to write something today. Lately, I’ve been feeling the divide of the generations in the workforce. If you must...
February 2012
2 posts
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I'm Catholic, and I love gay people
Awhile ago someone at my church once asked me if I would write something about what it was like to be a young Catholic out in the world. I was take aback because, quite frankly, I’m a pretty horrible Catholic.
Some would describe me as one of those “Holiday Catholics.” They are the people who pop out of their little hidey-hole during Christmas and Easter and show up at mass. Of...
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Kicking the Quarter-Life Crisis in 5 steps
The older I get, the more I tend to realize that I have my go-to stock of jokes to use on people when I meet them for the first time. Usually it’s a surefire combination of self-deprecation, sarcasm and a smidgeon of racism (only against my own race… I mean, c’mon, isn’t that one of the perks of holding that membership card?).
The one I used to say all the time is that I...
January 2012
3 posts
2011... a look back
I usually like to take a look back on the year a lot earlier than this, but I figured that it would still be good to make a list. Without further ado, in 2011…
I went on a lot of ski trips with friends
I played golf at a casino and hit balls into the water
I was brave enough to try the terrain park… and I did a mini box!
I saw my beautiful nephew get baptized
I took my first trip...
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“97 percent of people we surveyed said they talk to their dogs. The other 3...”
– Alan Beck, a psychologist at Purdue University
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Ruminations of 2012
I really like the new year. It’s a blank slate, a new start. It’s like a new journal that you purchase from the store, fresh with that scent of new paper that is begging to be adorned with pictures and genius.
But like any journal of mine, many times I feel a sense of frustration after a few weeks in. My scribbles suddenly offend me; they mock me and remind me of my struggles and...
July 2011
4 posts
Baby Steps to Writing →
My Life with Harry Potter →
April 2011
7 posts
Yes, I’m alive →
March 2011
32 posts
February 2011
28 posts
