Welcome To Charlotte

August 30, 2012

Summer 1994. I was driving south on I-77 with my girlfriend. We were leaving Pennsylvania on our way to Florida for a vacation. After hours of driving through mountains and
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Playing the Insurance Game

August 21, 2012

Greetings. I am not back to blogging (read this to understand) – I’m only doing this because I feel like I need to explain what’s happening in my social streams.
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Stumpy

August 14, 2012

A found tank, a few fish, and a year’s time yielded the above pictured kitchen aquarium. It’s a thriving ecosystem with snails, ghost shrimp, red wag platys, catfish and a
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The Next

August 10, 2012

So life. You crafty little bastard – you snuck up on me. Here I am spinning around and around consuming and creating and connecting and there you are like a
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How to Post Shit in Social Media

August 8, 2012

So I was peeking in on Google+ this afternoon at about 3:30 and saw a dude post a link to the McKayla is Not Impressed tumblr. I thought it was
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Deconstructing Hope

Hope isn’t a goal. It’s not a thing we control. It’s not tangible. We can’t wear it around our necks. Hope lives in the center of our chest as a
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48 Balloons

August 7, 2012

Yesterday was my 48th birthday. I woke with my wife wishing me a happy birthday, followed by a full-grown shepherd planting his elbows into my abdomen as he tried licking
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The Worst Day

August 2, 2012

Funny thing about hitting bottom – when you’re down there, you’ve only got two options: stay down or get up. On this particular day, I chose to get up. I
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July

August 1, 2012

I hate saying goodbye to July – with its laughter skipping across the shimmering sea. And its fireworks. And sun-kissed cheeks. I hate saying goodbye to July – with its
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