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There are times in life when you just feel like you could crawl up into your bed, duck your head under the covers and pray that you would just never have to come out again.  I know, that if you are reading this, that you’ve had a moment like this in your life.  If you are really honest with yourself you can find a time.  Maybe you didn’t literally crawl into bed, maybe you went to work or went to work out or bought one too many a drink at the local pub or maybe even simply turned on the TV and escaped into some fantasy land that you for a second thought you were part of.  But NCIS or The Office or Lost aren’t reality and after the half hour of your escape, they kick you our of their wonder land and you are still on your couch wondering why “it” happened.  Read the rest of this entry »

I am at a stripped down, bare bones, ready for remodeling place in life.  I just turned 30 and have come to the revalation that I am not getting younger.  I am not old by any means, but I think 30 is bookmark age in a mans life.  There is this American sociological stigma that by 30 you should have made something of your life.  Like having a successful career, being married with a couple of ninos running around, a house, a nice car and a savings account.  Well, I have none of that!  That’s right, not one single thing from that list.  It’s hard, I’ll admit.  I never thought that this is where I would be when I turned 30.  Read the rest of this entry »

There is a burning in me to see something great in my lifetime.  I think everyone wants to see something great in their lifetime.  What is it for you?  To see your child born?  To see your to be wife walk up the isle?  Or you to be husband standing there waiting for you to walk up the isle?  To see a sunrise from the top of a forteener in Colorado?  To see what it’s like on the inside of the barrel at pipeline?  A legitimate peace between Israel and Palestine?  U2 in concert from the front row in Ireland?  Your book published?  What is it?  What do you want to see that is great?  I have something burning in my chest to the point at which I feel as if it is about to burst into flames about something that I want to see.  Can I tell you what it is? Read the rest of this entry »