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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 [...]
I learned something new about myself today. Which is pretty cool. I posted something on Twitter and Google+ this morning. (Note to self: write a blog post about Google+.) I was just venting about being especially sleepy this morning, but on Google+, I suddenly found a lot of comments with suggestions of how I could [...]
I’ve posted this story online before, but never on this blog. So for posterity’s sake (if nothing else), I’ll post this now. Are you ready? Read on for the story of… My Night as a Male Stripper! When I was an undergrad at the University of Iowa, my friend James lived with two friends in [...]
