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What The Future Holds

August 19th, 2007 · 10 Responses

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I remember growing older and slowly coming to the realization that there were only some aspects of my life I could completely control. As time went on, I gained control over more things in my life. That’s what growing up is.
The frustrations of growing up generally revolve around [...]

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Tags: Grave Generalization · Life · Philosophy · Science · Society

Choices Are Contagious

July 28th, 2007 · 2 Responses

Godin writes “The most important thing you can do is choose who you’re hanging out with.”
What a crucial decision. Think of all the people you hang out with and how just hanging out with them has affected your life already. All of those little decisions, every day, ganged up to stick you right where you [...]

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Tags: Family · Life · Philosophy · Society

Worry Wart

July 15th, 2007 · 1 Response

My theory is that people have too much to worry about these days. It forces people to medicate and relieve their stress in one way or another. It also forces people to be less-than-perfect just to get by in their daily lives.
We need to worry about less to be better at whatever we’re good at.
I [...]

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Tags: Life · Philosophy · Society

Stomper Four By Four

July 5th, 2007 · 6 Responses

Well, not really.

But it is the perfect truck for us.
And it even has a Flex Fuel badge to make me feel better about myself.
Thanks Lori!!

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Tags: Life · Meghan · Society

Girls Are The New Guys

July 1st, 2007 · 12 Responses

I didn’t coin the phrase “Girls are the new Guys.” It might have been Denis, I can’t remember. But over and over, this theme has been repeatedly evidenced in the behavior, attitudes and general outlook of the ladies that are around me. It’s possible that no better example of this theory exists but in the [...]

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Tags: Grave Generalization · Life · Meghan · Portland · Society