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1 26 2013
I have quite a headache this morning and my calves hurt a bunch. The headache might be from the 4 hours of zazen yesterday and the calf pain is from wearing my slip on Chucks all day ( Read more... ) -
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Here is a mushy dad post about two recent moments with my 1.75-year-old daughter, written for no particular reason ( Read more... ) -
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This started as a Facebook update but felt better here ( Read more... ) -
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Our primary motivation, we humans, is that of betterment. We are always seeking to make things better. That is the impulse that moves us through our days. Can things be better for me than they are right now? If not, can they at least be good? I won't get into what "good" means in this context right now. For right now, let's just say that it is ( Read more... ) -
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What a cool surprise it was to wake up and have it be an hour earlier than expected this morning. Dude, I've got so much cleaning to do and need the shift in time ( Read more... ) -
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I started writing this a couple of weeks ago, so in actuality I am now one year and a couple of weeks sober.So I hit my 1-year soberversary this week! I tried to write something about that a few days ago but it was mostly just a boring history of my boring alcoholism. Addiction is truly boring, especially for the addict. It may not seem boring ( Read more... ) -
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I keep trying to finish writing a thing about going to rehab a year ago and subsequently being sober ever since, but I never find uninterrupted time to finish it. And right now I want to write about the killer weekend that is currently drawing to an end. SO ( Read more... ) -
September 30 2012
Ashley's sister is sleeping on our couch and the laptop is near her head. So I'm writing this on my phone, so this probably won't be as long as the last few ( Read more... ) -
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This is my second attempt at writing this: I slept like shit last night and I've still got a stomach bug. I should probably wait until I'm more coherent, but I can't think of anything else to do right now so I'm just going to plow through without thinking too hard. Here goes.
PART ONEAbout 10 weeks ago, probably more, we found out we are ( Read more... ) -
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Hooray, it is my birthday! I am 38. And that's fine, I guess. My dad and his wife are in town, so there will be brunch tomorrow and Ashley and I will do something tonight ( Read more... )