Been awhile but I might start using this again. Work is awful but I have a wonderful wife and son and soon a daughter.

Yeah, I haven't been around in a while so a brief update. I'm not going back to seminary but I think I said that. Got a raise and a promotion at work so that's cool. I'm taking MBA classes at Penn State in my free time and also heading to some of the games in Happy Valley (Northwestern, Michigan, Illinois, Temple). I'll post more later but I'm ( Read more... )

Seriously, I've never seen Kennett Square in the news. The town is known for mushroom growing (of all things) and apparantly that horse lives here to. This is the town I grew up in and am currently in now. I'm of no relation to the horse...I have strong bones.

If you haven't heard, the FDA has backed a vaccine for cervical cancer http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060518vaccine,1,3572553.story?coll=chi-news-hedRead more... )

FYI - for those who don't know, almost all my posts are friends-only. I'm very open to adding people as friends but my posts on seminary, marriage and my life and ones I don't share with the public. If you'd like to be added as a friend, respond here and I'll add you. I only ask that you be respectful (I do not require you to agree with me). ( Read more... )

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So I went on the pilgrimmage to Lourdes this year with the Knights of Malta and it was a great experience. I got to work in the baths one of the mornings (which isn't easy because there are many volunteers there). I made about 50 new friends (ok, maybe 25) but still. I also am going to see about going back to seminary in the Fall for Bridgeport ( Read more... )

So I finally am watching this movie....a few observations ( Read more... )

Some days you feel bad, today is not one of them for me. For some reason I feel like I did what I should today and that purpose and meaning have been fully restored in my life. I'm not going in depth about it but it marks a big turning point for me.

Oh yeah, I decided to go back to seminary. I'm going to apply to Bridegport again I think.

So a few interesting things I guess. I finally decided to go hang out with my reenactor friends and went to an event at Fort McHenry in Baltimore this weekend (this is the fort that flew the flag that Francis Scott Key saw and composed the Star Spangled Banner). The event went well ( Read more... )