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100 Acts Of Miscellaneous Heroism
I want to share the message that heroism is something everybody can participate in. You don’t need superpowers or riches. You just need the heroic spirit to DO things. To really live. Heroic acts can be mundane, courageous, mischievous, or any number of things. They can be team activities, or they can be entirely internal…
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Maxims I Would Like To Inspire In The Young (At Heart)
As many others do, I look out over our society. I see plenty of things I like, but I also see plenty of things going wrong. I see us not living up to our full potential. I’ve thought about some of the patterns of thinking and conduct that hold us back. The causes of some…
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The Diplomatic Bookshelf 2025
I decided that this year, I wanted to add some structure to my reading, and pick out a set of books to read over the course of the year. A couple of them are ones I’ve had in my tsundoku pile. Others are ones that I think will aid me in my diplomatic mission. 12…
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The Collected Wisdom of Uncle Carl: Volume 50
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Manifestations of Fear
We have the word “fear” in the English language. It’s both a verb and a noun. It seems like a simple word, and yet it encompasses many different emotions with many different nuances. Today, I’d like to pick it apart a bit and remark on some of these different manifestations of fear, with both examples…
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Observations On Friendship In Dating
The world of romance has never been an easy one for us superheroes, but I feel like I strike out more than most. I’m like Spider-Man without a Mary Jane. Or like Cyclops without…no…let’s not even go there. I do manage to get dates with women. They just don’t tend to lead anywhere other than…
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Faith Doesn’t Necessarily Bring Peace
There seems to be some common sentiment we hear sometimes, articulated in different ways. It often comes down to something like “know Jesus, know peace”. Lots of faith traditions seem to push this sort of idea, that once you embrace God, all your worries will melt away, as though a meerkat and a warthog just…
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Rules And Commitments
It’s taken me far too long, but I’m happy to have finally added in pages covering rules and commitments. The rules are simply the framework of a healthy, welcoming community. I’ve gone over them numerous times to make sure they aren’t stifling, while still covering any trolling or other malicious conduct. The commitments are my…
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The Collected Wisdom of Uncle Carl: Volume 18
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Strawberry Chicken
I’ve noticed that sometimes, gardening is a bit like a game of chicken. You know the kind. Two people in cars barrel towards each other, or perhaps towards a cliff. Whoever hits the breaks first is the “chicken”. If they both fly off the cliff or end up in a fiery explosion, apparently they both…