I'm having an identity crisis, Part III
A looong time ago, I made cards. It was this little thing I made into a side business. It was not overly successful. In fact, I still have...
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I'm having an identity crisis, Part II
In struggling with finding a "niche" with My Bucket of Parts, I've had conversations with a fellow blogger that has a strong...
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I'm having an identity crisis, Part I
As the saying goes, I feel like I am a jack of all trades, but a master of none. In my little online world, I have created three differen...
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Nigra knows her highway exits
Right before we leave for an extensive trip, it always seems Nigra needs to go see a doctor. Luckily, on a Saturday morning, we were able...
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Fight-or-Flight
ere's the thing about anxiety attacks: I feel like we, as a human race, are ill-equipped to deal with the comforts of modern life. ...
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You're old when a favorite TV show has a reunion
You know you're getting old when one of your favorite TV shows is on the cover of Entertainment Weekly...as a part of the annual reun...
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She had dewy skin
The sentence she had dewy skin has appeared numerous times in books describing the breathlessly attractive female lead. To me, this sente...
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Shelties are too smart for you
Shelties are too smart for you. They're too smart for me, and they're too smart for you. Commentators during dog shows and we...
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A Letter of Acceptance
The large white envelope hit the kitchen table with the word "Harvard" on the top left corner. Jared's dad sat down and ...
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Blogpostathoning is hard
eople! This whole Blogpostathon is haaaard. Posting new content 40 days in a row is not for the faint of heart, and I should know......
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Uncensored
Spooky things have always had a place in my life. So have mystical things, magical things, unrealistic things. Those fantastical beas...
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Not by egg whites alone
For the past few weekends, I've been working on my fried egg game. I've been eating things with fried egg on top. The whole pur...
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I was informed that Jeremy had half a soul
Author's Note: Typically my Interesting Characters are a chance for me to write about a random fictional personality, an exercise to...
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From the Introduction of "The Argument Against Amusing" by Namaste Jones
...and because of that, the art of amusing needs to be looked at with an ice cold eye. For millennia, it has been seen that the art of amus...
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The Shameful Pineapple
I'll cut up some pineapple, I thought. I don't want it to go bad. I placed it on the red cutting board, and started cutting throug...
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Confessions of a Dangerous Barista, Part 2
Psychology is everywhere. It’s in the frequent disputes between dysfunctional relationships, it’s in the abandonment of children by th...
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