I was sitting in the bedroom. It was an otherwise quiet night, when an intense emotion came over me. It was a realization of me. It was a brief daydream, a bright and heavy glimpse of what my last moment alive would be like. And more frightening, what the moment just after that would be. […]

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The other day, my boss said, “Mike I don’t know how you do it, being married to someone from another country, with the language barrier. Communication is hard enough for married people from the same town and background. It has to be tough!”
It’s hard to address that kind of comment or compliment when you’re […]

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1. I don’t introduce myself proudly enough or often enough. I can confidently say I’m a good guy.
2. removed (met that goal!)
3. Thoughout a month, I’m the most powerful and then the weakest person I know. I also cycle through being the most outgoing, fun, sad non-social, helpful, loving and off-the-wall. […]

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What if you could take a photograph with a tight zoom so you are focused on a subject. Then after you have taken the picture, decide that you wanted to focus on another part of the picture instead. Within the digital data you would be able to rack focus and actually see other planes of […]

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In other cool news, one of my friends who works at my company lives in Philidephia did me a favor. I had heard that there was an actual smick street out there so I searched google maps to find it. Sure enough, it does exist and Chris was nice enough to snap some pictures for […]

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I was happy to find this site this evening. NoJunkFood.org. It’s a bit depressing how despite having such a diverse population, our snacks have been homogenized to the point of scarcity.

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