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Tragedy In Free Verse
I’m trying to coax this one tear out of the corner of the room and get him to be a bit more social. I woke up to a day that should have had a trigger warning. The hashtag today had my uncle’s name and five kids. I read this shortly after lunch today and slumped…
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SOPA
So it’s time for me to put my two or three cents in about SOPA. The other night, I hung out with the crew at FourAthens and during that meetup, they brought up the subject of the SOPA bill. If you are confused about what that is, that’s okay. Actually more than. Keep following to find…
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Critique as a Lifesaver
I commented this on my friend’s FB wall, but since it seems no one got the message, let me post it here, publicly. First: context. My friend, Bert, shared his thoughts on Occupy Wall Street and that sparked a fair bit of debate. After sharing this link as a summary of his thoughts, he said…
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Loving Each Other Better
Yesterday, on the front steps of a church in South Carolina, a man by the name of Trey Pennington committed suicide. That day, he also wrote this tweet. The thing that gets me is that this person, according to his website and the reports of many that met him on twitter, was really outgoing and…
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An Open Letter To Those I've "Left"
Today, I’m down to 175 friends – from about twice that much – on facebook. Let me talk about that with you for a bit; you should be able to read this since I’ve made this a public note. Let’s start with the first, most important thing: I am not doing this because I dislike you. For anyone…