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Arthur Dent and the Frustrations of Long-Distance Travel
JUST BEFORE HE LOST HOME AND PLANET, Arthur Dent threw back six quick pints at the neighborhood bar on order from his (alien) friend, Ford. Why? To prep for the effects of on instantaneous travel. Dent learned that traveling far … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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An Attempted Athletic Analogy
IF LIFE IS A RACE, and if we’re going to do well with it in the long run, it would be good to keep two things in mind: track and traction. We’d like to think that life is a cross-country … Continue reading
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Life from LOST to The Walking Dead (100th Post!)
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, I’d choose a time-traveling island over the zombie apocalypse any day. Comparing life to fictional television shows is a questionable practice at best, but it’s kind of the way that I think. And while many have compared … Continue reading
Donald Miller and Revisiting Your Storyline
THE MISSION OF DONALD MILLER has definitely evolved over the last ten years, yet the seeds of “telling a good story with your life” can be found at least as far back as Blue Like Jazz. Starting next week, Miller … Continue reading
Olympic Finish and Olympic Start
EVERY SPRING SEMESTER I spend time asking seniors open-ended questions. One question that I always look forward to involves the senior going back in time and getting to say one thing to their first-day-of-freshman-year self. In almost every class there … Continue reading
Two Ways to Read
ONE FEATURE that I like about this blog that my old blog (which can be found here) is how it allows for filtering for different strains of thought. As I type this, I’ve got ten official “categories” running. By using … Continue reading
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The Big 3-6
I HAD EVERY INTENT to write something personal and profound here today, on the day I turn 36. Believe it or not, I have some stuff I want to say. But the last few days have been packed, packed with … Continue reading
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Taking Stock
ONE OF MY FIRST EVENINGS in Honolulu back in the the summer of 2003 involved going out to eat with my one friend and many of my new co-workers. I think we had Japanese food, though that memory eludes me. … Continue reading
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Being Mosby: The Lesson of Shelter Island
second in a series ROBIN SCHERBATZKY has been the more difficult of Ted Mosby’s friends to like long-term. Introduced in the first episode of How I Met Your Mother, Robin is the one who Ted falls for more than any … Continue reading
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Tagged How I Met Your Mother, Ted Mosby
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A Less Immediate Life
LATELY I’VE BEEN READING the latest book by Anne Lamott. Her most recent memoir, titled Some Assembly Required, is a journal of the first year of her grandson’s life. Throughout the journal she takes time to interview her son, Sam, … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 