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Thinking is Lame
I want too much and it’s obvious to others, assuring I don’t get it. If I was willing to take what I want that would be cool. I can hear my dad telling me to do what needs doing right away. Making a mental note of a problem fucks up my mental state. Now it’s…
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The Demise and Rise of a Toaster
I like my chocolate chip banana bread toasted with butter. I’m a fat boy like that. This batch of my wife’s bread was especially doughy. The slice I put in the toaster was wide. I shoved it between the toaster’s prison bars and tried to start the toaster. No heat, no buttons lit up, bread…
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Baseball and Bikers
I’ve got 23 minutes to kill before my meeting. I could prep for it by preparing some helpful insights for my client, but I’ll pass. Nothing promised, nothing delivered. Keep expectations low. One of the first bits of advice I received when I started in advertising was to underpromise and overdeliver. I’ve always been more…
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The Way of the Week
It’s Friday morning and I just finished my 3rd cup of coffee from the Japanese made fine bone china Tiffany mug given to me by a business partner. Each year they send a singular Tiffany cup of some description. It’s tucked in the back of the mug cupboard, but I wanted to feel like an…
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Men Suck
I’m sitting behind my desk with my gaze tilted rightward in order to observe the words my fingers punch on my big monitor. My right heel taps continuously on the carpet as the Adderall, nicotine, and caffeine course through me. Necessary supplements, without which I’d never leave the recliner. My hunger is returning now that…
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Har Mar
Sitting at my desk in the home office waiting for an 11am internal conference call. Feeling antsy after a Liquid IV Energy and 2 big cups of coffee. Saturday we took one of our younger son’s parents to dinner and a concert by Har Mar Superstar. The husband is in my golf league and the…
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Drunk Thursday Sex
After the bar closed they went home with a couple random dudes. One was married, one divorced. She says she didn’t do anything.
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Mood Regulation
No meditation today. No service work. No reading. I did walk two miles, so that sort of counts as a workout. I’m writing now. I haven’t enjoyed it. Fuck.
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Christianity Cares
So what if many of the people there also believe Jesus came out of a virgin, died, resurrected, then floated up to heaven to wait for an eventual return when the time is right. Oh, hey Jesus…it’s time.