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Why You Should Retire Now (A Little Bit)
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Why You Should Retire Now (A Little Bit)

Just before 2013 waved to us from the docks, I decided it was high time I position myself at the helm and exert more control over my retirement savings rather than continue to acquiesce to unseen Wall Street power brokers. Here’s why you too should retire now (a little bit).

“There’s Hope For The Future,” Said The Pessimistic Old Guy
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“There’s Hope For The Future,” Said The Pessimistic Old Guy

Don’t be a moron behind the wheel…your future drivers are watching.

A Mom’s Thoughts On Wanting Another Child
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A Mom’s Thoughts On Wanting Another Child

A mom sits on a plane, feels the aura of pure love, and wishes she could become a mother all over again.

My Final Year On Earth
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My Final Year On Earth

In a week from today I’ll become a 38 year old man. I’ll check into room 3801. On the 38th floor. The top floor. Only roof access above and the door to the stairwell is padlocked shut. This hotel, this hotel with no check-out policy. No need. Just a gym […]

Red Crush
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Red Crush

Shit gets trippy when you play a record in reverse. Devil talk. Demonic messages worm their way into the dark recesses of your otherwise ordinary mind. Going back to front in a movie means the guy always loses his girl. There are no Hollywood endings, only confusion and loneliness. Last […]

A Dad’s Simple Prayer
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A Dad’s Simple Prayer

May they not reflect negatively on those evenings when I made them brush their teeth for a 2nd time because the first attempt was so feeble as to be finished before the light on the handle had ceased blinking. May they not harbor ill will regarding my unwavering insistence that […]

How To Get Healthy and Stay Alive Longer (Don’t Worry, There’s Bread Involved)
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How To Get Healthy and Stay Alive Longer (Don’t Worry, There’s Bread Involved)

As some of you may know, I had a bit of a health scare at the end of August. ‘Twas the kind of come to Jesus moment that defines a life from that point forward. A notch on the headboard, a pencil marking on the doorframe. I’m still wrestling with […]

A Boy’s Life Is Changed On A Jamaican Road #GivingTuesday
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A Boy’s Life Is Changed On A Jamaican Road #GivingTuesday

My toy chest was perpetually overstuffed, the non-union hinges worked tirelessly in cramped, turn-of-the-last-century conditions to entrap the bounty of forest green plastic soldiers and fierce-faced He-Man figures it was tasked with containing, and my husky waistline yielded incrementing evidence to the jury that I rarely missed a meal.

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