I have been torn of late. I have been wanting to write (or blog as the kids call it), but just haven’t had the energy. Something always comes up or seems better in the interim, and a good idea goes unwritten (at least by me, and lets face it I am not that creative to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life’
4 Oct
Government isn’t the problem, we are the problem
People are all worked into a tizzy right now over the government. Let me say something that has been fermenting inside of me: The government isn’t the problem, we are the problem. Yes, we the people of the people are ruining our world. Not just because we are the government, although that definitely is part [...]
28 Jun
Phillip goes to the doctor
Went to the doctor today. We all have health issues we fight with. Mine is high blood pressure. This started back in college when I had this cough I was having that simply wouldn’t go away (perhaps because I spent too much time in bars participating in the accompanying activities). I met this quiet, shy [...]
25 Jun
I Miss Summer Vacation
The worst part of being an adult (defined as someone with responsibilities beyond their Madden team) is the lack of summer vacation. I remember growing up, living on a dead-end road (yes, I grew up on a road, not a street), and riding my bike up and down the road hundreds of time. I remember [...]
29 Mar
This is your life, are you who you want to be?
Do you ever have one of those days that just seem to be an epiphany?One of those days where you simply feel like you changed, grew up, or otherwise matured dramatically over the previous day? Today I sort of feel like that. After a weekend divided between wasting time and working on my house, I [...]
21 Mar
Where is home?
I feel homeless. I went ‘home’ yesterday (with Joe) to watch some college basketball with one of my best friends in the world, Danny Lippens. Going to my parents house, and around where I grew up, I realized that I don’t even know where home is anymore. And then I was reading part of ‘Up [...]
5 Mar
Stop cheating the system
What if people were honest? Too many people choose to live their lives in the gray area of decency. Granted, the definition of good, bad, evil, and decent differs greatly across our culture; however, imagine how much better off all of our lives would be if people would stop being dishonest sleaze-balls? I think about [...]
