What I’ve Read: The Spire

This is another of the really, really few fiction authors that I will spend my time on. The first book of his I read was Degree of Guilt. And honestly, it wasn’t like it came recommended or anything. Nope … back in the day, I was needing a book for a flight, and the cover […]

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What I’ve Read: Night of Thunder

I love vacations. It means I can, hopefully, create for myself a lot of free time to read and read and read. I love active vacations, but I need them to also include some simple chill-out time. Time to relax and get sucked into something fun. And since I have all but sworn off reading […]

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Damn, That Girl Is Crazy

I’ve played a lot of soccer in my life. I even reffed games in college. I can say that in all my life of watching an assload of soccer, I have never seen anything like this. I have friends who think soccer is a bunch of wimps and fakers and crybabies, but I’ve seen just […]

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Friday Funnies XII

I never watch Dancing With the Stars, thank goodness. Looks like the most miserable thing ever. Also, I didn’t ever watch whatever show this Melissa Joan Hart girl was on. All I know is that apparently she played a witch of some sort, it was a long time ago, and the girl ain’t done shit […]

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Still Damn Funny (some more)

I know I’ve said it a bunch of times here before, but you need to be watching The Office, people. It’s rounding back into some seriously funny form again. Two weeks ago was an episode called The Lover, and I was in hysterics much of the time. Anyway, here is a deleted scene that should […]

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Equanimity, Part 3

So last Thursday was a real doozy of a day. Started early with CFED’s first Innovation Summit. We put on this daylong conference that was very nontraditional, at least as conferences go. We had a comedian open things up, who was pretty damn funny. She’s won Best College Comic in DC by the DC Improv […]

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Equanimity, Part 2

So the beginning of my equanimities began on Wednesday last week. At CFED, we take our board of directors meetings very seriously. I guess all nonprofits do, maybe, but since this is the only one I have ever worked for, it was wild when I first noticed how crazy everyone got with these meetings. Some […]

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Equanimity, Part 1

Main Entry: equa·nim·i·ty Pronunciation: \ˌē-kwə-ˈni-mə-tē, ˌe-kwə-\Function: nounInflected Form(s): plural equa·nim·i·tiesEtymology: Latin aequanimitas, from aequo animo with even mindDate: circa 16161 : evenness of mind especially under stress 2 : right disposition : balance Among the jobs I do at CFED besides graphic design, I also run the bi-weekly staff meetings (my soothing, radio-like voice brings […]

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