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Planned Parenthood, Abortion and Me

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  Confessions of a Reluctant Pro-Choice Advocate Just to warn you, this post is going to be a little more weighty than most of what you’ll read on The Progressive …

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Am I A Good Man?

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I have a confession to make: I am a Whovian (aka, a fan of Doctor Who). Don’t worry, though, I’m not one of those uber-nerdy ones who thinks every Doctor after …

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My Story Pt III

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Today, we come to the third chapter of the saga that is My Story. Monday, I started with the tale of my Leave It To Beaver-ish early years. Wednesday, I laid bare the time …

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A Good Man Isn’t Hard To Find

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As I read that title, it comes to me that I probably should apologize to Flannery O’Connor for stealing her words (but that’s another story, so to speak). Adding the …

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Boston, Baseball and My Old Man

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Sports have been never a huge thing in my family. If my brother or I wanted to try out for a team, our parents supported us wholeheartedly, but they never …

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Good From Bad?

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Once, someone told me I would make a good pastor. I just don’t see it. In my mind, a pastor is the person who guides you through the hell life …

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Those Damn Poor People

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This morning, as I always do, I made a cup of coffee and sat down to see what blog fodder I could pull from the ephemera that is the internet. …

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Living on Borrowed Time

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This camper build isn’t going quite like I thought it would, but that seems to be the case with any project I take on. There have been setbacks, like the …

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All Week Long

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I want to warn you, the posting schedule here may be a little off this week. That’s because I’m taking on a pretty big project: building a teardrop camper. First popular …

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The Year in Review

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2012 departs at midnight and, evidently, that means we’re supposed to look back and reminisce. I’m not exactly sure why, but who am I to question the prevailing paradigm? 2012 …

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