Category Archives: Philosophy

Post-Maternity Leave, Day One

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

First Lesson: Tears only go so far with Daddy. Then Daddy is like Pharaoh. He hardens his heart. Where’s your god now, baby?

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No Tears

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

I’m not opposed to crying, it’s just not something I do. This isn’t to say that I don’t feel awful, whine, complain or even know moments of transcendent joy and relief.  I just very seldom express such things by leaking … Continue reading →

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“Sit Up, Boy! Beg for Forgiveness!”

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Some Anglican priestess up in Canada is getting the rolled up newspaper for giving the body of Christ to a German Shepherd mix. Come on, don’t all dogs go to heaven? Why shouldn’t they get Purina Christy Bites? And I’m … Continue reading →

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Please God, I Can’t Be Dead! I’m Only…

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

…forty-seven? Oh, crap. Nevermind. Forty-seven, that’s horrible. That’s like 17 years past your date with Carousel. Two whole caveman lives, minimum. Just marking time between prostate exams really. Why would anyone want to do that? Bring on the speeding bus.

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Thoughts on the BP Oil Disaster

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

If this really is the point at which we have irrevocably destroyed the global food chain and must start killing and eating each other to survive? Teabaggers at the top of the menu, followed by clergy. But coconuts only as a … Continue reading →

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Gratitude List

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Things we are grateful for this Bastardized Pagan Fertility Day: 1. Family 2. Health 3. Comfy middle-class lifestyle 4. Chocolate 5. Atheism 6. “Scalped” by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera 7.  ”Walking Dead” by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard 8. … Continue reading →

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Answering the Call

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Sometimes we need to take a leap of faith if we are to be true to the better angels of our nature. Not many people know this about me, but I am, by heredity, a Catholic.  My father was raised … Continue reading →

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Powerless

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

I useful operating principle I adopted later in life than I should have is to not worry about things beyond my control.  The inevitability of Death, most of the behavior of other people, the turning of the Earth, things like … Continue reading →

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