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I was walking through downtown Lawrence tonight with Brooke and her dear friend, Amy. I was wearing my Flash T-shirt, and as we approached a crosswalk to cross the street, one of a group of young men standing around on the sidewalk called out, “Hey, Flash! Let’s race!” I smiled politely and said, “Nah, I’m [...]
This line spoken by Faramir in The Two Towers goes a long way towards expressing my view on soldiers and warfare (and the glorification of both): …I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend…
I have a confession to make. It’s been bubbling beneath the surface for at least a year or two. I’ve talked to close friends and family about it. It’s probably been in the subtext of this blog (and Twitter and other places on the internet) for a while, but I haven’t come right out and [...]
We’re almost 3/4 of the way through the year. I can see the end of my “365 Days of Neff” photography project. I’ve really enjoyed doing it, and I feel it’s made a real impact on my life, helping pump up my self-esteem and remind myself that I really can be consistently creative and productive. [...]
Growing up, authority figures (mostly teachers) said to my peers and me, “God gave us two ears and one mouth to listen more than we speak,” so many times, it went far past tiresome and into the territory of sweet-mercy-if-I-hear-that-one-more-time-I’m-going-to-punch-somebody-in-the-throat. (It also rankled me because even at a very early age, I was pretty sure [...]
I moderated a class on e-books and e-readers for staff this morning. (I don’t really want to say I taught the class, because I don’t like classes where I stand in front and blather on for a while, attendees taking notes and asking questions at the end. I prefer a more free-form session, where everyone [...]
If you’ve been reading my blog and/or following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+, you know that I’ve been going through a very rough patch of depression and anxiety for a while now. It’s Monday morning. I woke up to grey skies and rain. I’m feeling sleepy and sluggish. And yet… And yet, I feel [...]
As I’ve previously mentioned, I’ve been very busy moving from my swingin’ bachelor pad in the Johnson County suburbs of Kansas City to a rented house I’ll be sharing with my girlfriend, Brooke, (and my daughter, Morgan, when she’s staying with me) in the college town of Lawrence, KS. That’s a really simple summary of [...]
I’m too busy with my upcoming move, which becomes wackier each day (Seriously, I think this is how the Muppets would move, if there were a Muppet movie about moving from the suburbs to a nearby college town.), and other life stuff, like my dad going into the hospital again (He’s doing OK. Just waiting [...]
