Tonight I logged onto lj for the first time in over 6 months and discovered that, for the most part, my friends have also stopped updating their ljs. Maddy's 2 posts from this month, after an 8 month gap, felt cheerful after seeing 6 or 7 that haven't been updated since 2006. Is lj over, at least with my group of friends ( Read more... )

after such a long time lingering in the limbo of not being an entry, but being remembered, I thought it should live. Here it is, from early Feb 2007 ( Read more... )

Dear Friends ( Read more... )

Last Sunday at church my pastor quoted someone who said man's greatest needs are transcendence, significance, and community.

This seems like an unintuitive list to me.

3 ( Read more... )

My views on small talk have changed drastically in the past two years. First, a definition: small talk is the "meaningless" chatter people engage in. Talk about the weather, which movies you've seen recently, and the man across the street all qualify. Stories from one's past, discussions about convictions or ideas, and sharing emotional issues do ( Read more... )

Today was a Thanksgiving filled with many firsts ( Read more... )

your boss friends you on thefacebook. During business hours.

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After, post this in your journal, and give out some letters of your own. let me know if you want a letter. Andrea gave me "M ( Read more... )

Today I ran 3.2 miles with 3 fairly large men and two average sized women. I also walked 3 miles to mail a letter (reminiscent of a time I spent 4 hours in transit delivering a letter in a third world country) and rode my bicycle for 5 miles in the pouring rain. I arrived at my office hours soaking wet and dripped my way into the Science Center. I' ( Read more... )