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Testing My Caprice With Bread
I’ve had a bit of an obsession the last few days. I want a bread machine. Or at least, I think I want a bread machine. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time I’ve pondered it. It sure sounds appealing. I could have fresh bread, any time. I could potentially save money by making my…
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Don’t Be A Slave To Fear
Unfortunately, as human beings, we are highly susceptible to fear. Fear plagues us. It probably goes back to our ancestors. Sometimes, being a coward probably helped them to avoid getting eaten, to survive, and to reproduce. I for one, am glad my ancestors weren’t eaten by tigers before reproducing, but I’m not a fan of…
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On Not Being a Tool
It seems like nobody should need to be told this, but sometimes, some people need to hear it: Don’t be a tool. It seems a sad waste of a life to spend it as a cog in someone else’s machine. Are all men not born with an innate purpose? Why should anyone live and die…
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Essentials of Psychology by Kendra Cherry
I read through this in the first half of January and thought I’d share some thoughts. It’s a relatively easy read, and I think I would recommend it, with a few quibbles. My single biggest quibble is the almost obnoxious lack of illustrations and diagrams, even in areas that would be so much better if…
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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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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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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…