There was a period of time in his life when Mark could only make it partway to work before he needed to take the exit ramp, turn around, and head back home. He’d slump back to the front door hating himself, because he knew it...
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I was born in July 1971. That’s what I tell people when they inquire about my age. It’d be easier to give them a number, but I prefer to watch their faces as they calculate, borrow from the decades column, and react. I teach at...
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So, it all got started with an innocent little email from innocent little David Lacy. And you’re thinking… David Lacy… David Lacy… ah, yes! That “Growing Younger” guy! And maybe you’re next thinking, hey didn’t he win a first place CNPA award for his column...
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May is Lupus Awareness Month. I got the message in my email this morning, but the message was not louder than the joint pain I already had. My awareness of Lupus began a few years ago when I was first diagnosed. I believe I went...
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“Follow your dreams, you can reach your goals. Beefcake. BEEFCAKE!” ~ Eric Cartman After I graduated college I spent six months in Israel living on a kibbutz, cleaning animal cages in the petting zoo, learning Hebrew, and “finding myself.” What I found was that I...
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Mirror, Mirror on my virtual wall, who’s the fairest one of all? Facebook has launched creepy new tools for social networking, new apps, and new ways for anonymous entities and corporations to mine data. Basically, this allows Facebook to work as a portal to your...
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I’m not sure what my collar color is. If anyone were to accompany me on my daily routine they would likely suspect I derive from at least the middle class. They would witness me driving one of our two off-road capable sport utility vehicles, working...
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UC Irvine Advisory: “The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory this week that warns U.S. citizens about travel to Mexico, especially, the northern states of Durango, Coahuila, and Chihuahua. While many travel to Mexico without incident, recent violence associated with criminal drug cartels continues...
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Frankincense and myrrh waft from the glowing, orbital censor swaying from the priest’s outstretched arm. The aromatic pitch of holiness and pomp fill me. Surrounded by other parishioners, looking toward the business center of the church: the altar, I am part of something larger than...
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