Category: daily life
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How I Make 'Bulletproof Coffee'
As many of my friends know, for some years now I have eliminated almost all grains from my life. Save for the occasional cheat, I do not eat wheat or any other grain. I try to avoid added sugar and anything processed. My diet consists of meat (especially grass fed beef and bacon), green vegetables…
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Starting With What's Important
Often, the way I want to package the message is not the way I should package it in order for it to be best heard.
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Idiomatic Pet Peeves
I can’t seem to help myself. I get my dander up when confronted by improper use of idiomatic English (or even just plain, old correct English) expressions by people who ought to know better. A few on my mind lately include: One does not “home in on” something. One “hones in on” it. [UPDATE: I…
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Regrets Upon Death
The top five regrets of the dying. As the year closes, and as we sweep away the past and look to the blank slate of the future, many of us are making “resolutions” or at the least setting their intentions.
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Riding the Waves of Ambivalence
Just now I heard the doorbell ring. “I ran into your car,” says the guy at the door. (My car was parked on the street.) He got it way worse than me. Crumpled hood, smashed grill. I had scratches on my rear bumper and some scrapes. I finished the call with Geico and walked over…
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A Growing Hacker
My son lately seems to have been bitten by a similar bug that plagues my father and me. It’s the computer virus. Men in my family seem not to be able to get enough of those shiny gadgets. We are forever tweaking, disassembling, reassembling, reinstalling, uninstalling, recompiling, hacking, and more. I don’t know how many…
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You Never Know
Last week, I took my 13 year old son and some friends to a paintball field. We had never been before. As we drove out, we shared about how some of us were a little nervous, but the overall emotion was excited anticipation. Like race horses trembling before the gate opens, we were ready to…
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An Office Cleanse
As many of my readers know (as well as friends who aren’t readers), I have been working independently since 2003. Since it is primarily just me, I have not found a need to rent separate office space. Our house is large enough that there’s a room I use as my office. Thing is, it is…
Brad Rourke 