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I’m currently sitting down on my lunch break and enjoying a chicken burrito that I just picked up from Chipotle across the street. I admit, it’s one of my guilty pleasures that I enjoy when I’m in need of going to the grocery store and my cupboards are bare. I do want to point out that it’s my understanding that Chipotle is owned by the McDonald’s corporation for those of you unaware Read the rest of this entry »

I thought about using the title, “I wonder if heaven got a ghetto,” but I think that has been used somewhere before. Well, my initial thoughts on this post actually focused on the idea of ‘hell.’ This hell thing must be an important topic, since I’m sure some people in my life (no names) think I’m going there after I die because my soul hasn’t been saved. I’m not necessarily making light of this situation, Read the rest of this entry »

I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season so far; New Year’s is coming up fast. Remember that everything that has a beginning has an end and that New Year’s resolutions rarely last a lifetime. Usually, as far as I know, people give up on them in about a week. Read the rest of this entry »

Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of talk radio. This morning on the Al Franken show on the AM dail, a woman (name?) who was filling in for Al brought up a point that I found interesting. She was talking about the Iraqi war and why the U.S. began the attack in the first place. She listed many supposed reasons: 911, stop terrorism, Saddam’s a bastard, etc. She went onto say Read the rest of this entry »

‘Tis the season of giving and receiving. One might say that it is truly the season of giving and of being selfless, but there wouldn’t be a giver if there isn’t a receiver (I am fully aware of your ability to find innuendos out of what I’ve just written, but come on, let’s focus). This led me to thinking about the idea of abundance and the glaring separation between the haves and the have-nots. Read the rest of this entry »

I realized after I wrote my first post that it may’ve come across a little grandiose. It seemed like I’m going to attempt to traverse the depths of the universe and soar the blue skies with this log thing. The search for Ultimate Truth is an obvious important issue at hand, but I’ve Read the rest of this entry »

…well anyway. YOU ARE READING THIS FOR A REASON. You may not understand it at this point in time, but it is not a coincidence that you have found yourself gazing at these words and interpreting their meanings. You are reading this right now and ‘right now’ is all there is. Read the rest of this entry »