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Christmas presents
Today Gretchen was going online to order some Dr. Suess books for our nephew Michael. She noticed some books that I had been interested in and that Barnes and Nobles had sent us a 25% off coupon. So she ordered the books for Michael and me.
She ordered for me:
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Quote for today
If the doors of perception were cleansed,
everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
For man has closed himself up, till he sees all
things through the narrow chinks of his cavern.
~ William Blake ~
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happy fringemas
This is my very favorite show!
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Georg Simmel
I am writing a practice essay for tomorrow's final exam in social theory. This one is on Georg Simmel.
Georg Simmel was born and raised in 19th century Berlin Germany. Living in the bustling city caused Simmel to be curious about the interactions of people in small and large groups. He saw Social groups unlike many of the sociologists of his ( Read more... ) -
4 years of sobriety
Usually I have posted on the anniversary of my first day of sobriety December 13, 2004.
Today I will post on the anniversary of the last day I was drunk, December 12, 2004. I had attended a Christmas party at a neighborhood bar. I must have put in a good 8-10 hours there. The party started in the afternoon and there was food, so I had no reason ( Read more... ) -
prayer as union
“ Most of my prayer is
completely inarticulate.
I just, mentally, keep
slipping the catch that
yields my whole soul
to love.”
~ Thomas Merton ~
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11-11 Vonnegut Remembers
"I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
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(Untitled)
Be still in thy own mind and spirit and from thy own thoughts,
and then thou wilt feel the principle of God.
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Dear, Friend
Dear friend,
I have so many questions and emotions because of the past week. I thought it would be a good idea to write them in a letter to you. We missed you in class on Tuesday. You always add such interesting comments to our class discussions. On Thursday I was surprised to see you absent again. When Dr. M. announced at the start of class ( Read more... ) -
A year ago today
There are many things in life that change our paradigm, the way we see and live life. On a national level the attacks of 9-11 changed our way of seeing things drastically. On a personal level my paradigm shift occurred a year ago today when Gretchen almost died right in front of me in a hospital room.
She had abdominal surgery and was to be ( Read more... )