Facts and figures fly over the iris' of the eyes of Jack as I serve him potatoes. He asks me if I've heard of the Jesuits. Though confused at his reasoning I want to answer honestly saying "I've heard of those proselytizing teachers, over payed priest turned popes who preach populism from the pulpit." He … Continue reading THIS is what I’m doing with my life.
Journal Entries
Unsent Letter To All The Girls I’ve Loved
[Below is an unsent letter to every female friend I’ve been secretly in love with whom I sent really long e-mails to or hand written notes to after/before I went to college/when you were studying abroad/when I moved back to Falcon in 2008/when I moved to Colorado Springs in 2010/when you moved to a coastal … Continue reading Unsent Letter To All The Girls I’ve Loved
Veteran’s Day Challenge
Today is Veterans’ Day. It is a day set aside for us to remember the sacrifice members of our armed forces has given in service to their country. Let me say up front that I am continually humbled and honored by that sacrifice. Yet normally these sort of holidays [Labor Day, National Teacher … Continue reading Veteran’s Day Challenge
Dating In The Chocolate City? A Humorous But Impotant Excursion Into Beltway Dating Rituals
You would think, for a man recently reentering the dating game in a new city, living with two beautiful D.C residents would be a huge added benefit. My sisters are both attractive, accomplished young professionals in the DMV with goals and ambition and laid back [broadly speaking] demeanor. They must have insight into the befuddling … Continue reading Dating In The Chocolate City? A Humorous But Impotant Excursion Into Beltway Dating Rituals
All Happy Families Are Happy In The Same Way
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. --Leo Tolstoy So, here I am living with my two amazing sisters and wonderful niece in a house in Washington D.C. My sisters and I had a heart to heart a few nights ago. One of my sisters looked at … Continue reading All Happy Families Are Happy In The Same Way
Justice As An Imaginative Act
I was recently reading a counterstorytelling post about “sex-positivity” as only being positive for white, middle class, heterosexual women. http://counterstorytelling.tumblr.com/post/41102914582/sex-positivity-isnt-so-positive It makes the familiar argument that sex positivity is only liberating for a small group of women for whom the idea of virginal purity was oppressive and limiting. For women and queer people … Continue reading Justice As An Imaginative Act
A Step Along The Way
A Step Along The Way [Prayer for Oscar Romero] It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we … Continue reading A Step Along The Way
The Depressing Pursuit Of Happiness By The Petty Bourgeois
So, I've just finished reading Karl Taro Greenfield's Book "Triburbia." Its about being a middle aged artist turned businessman in Tribeca New York. The main characters have made it by most American's standards yet feel relatively impoverished by their wealthier banker neighbors. These men all have beautiful wives and successful careers, children who love them … Continue reading The Depressing Pursuit Of Happiness By The Petty Bourgeois
Living Life Intentionally
I realized recently I've spent so much time worrying about updating this blog with enough stories and poems to keep this blog fresh that I haven't thought to update people about my life. What good is having a blog if you can't put every thought out on the internet and pretend that the people who … Continue reading Living Life Intentionally
Happiness and Pain
In order to be happy one must have an end which is infinite and in which the journey is enjoyable. By that I mean that you have to have a goal which you are striving for, a goal in which you can take pleasure in trying to achieve and not just in the achievement. I … Continue reading Happiness and Pain
The Well Examined Life 