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Decision Points: What Movie Should We Watch?

After I posted a quote from Barack Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope, my brother asked me if I thought he wrote it himself, or if he had “guidance”. I told him, “I don’t know, I’ve been thinking about that … Continue reading

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QOTD: The Rotation of the Earth Round the Sun

Denial, anger, bargaining, despair–I’m not sure I went through all the stages prescribed by the experts. At some point, though, I arrived at acceptance–of my limits, and, in a way, my mortality. I refocused on my work in the state … Continue reading

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Presidential Fiction: Obama’s Reading List

I missed the news that President Obama’s summer reading list had been released. Of course, I wasn’t exactly waiting for its contents to hit the wire, and his choices won’t affect my TBR list at all. This list has stirred … Continue reading

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