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  • The Spirit of Halloween

    The Spirit of Halloween

    Giving out candy for Halloween provides for a week’s worth of people watching compressed into a couple of hours. In our neighborhood, we’ve been given the reputation as a Trick-or-Treater’s paradise. The homes are close together, the front porches are only a couple of feet from the sidewalks, and the area is well-lit—I could count…

  • Oh, You’re That Kind of Catholic?

    Oh, You’re That Kind of Catholic?

    [Editor’s Note: I wrote this almost a year ago, but it sat as a draft forever. In trying to clean up other things, I accidentally published it. Whoops. Since it is out there, might as well let is stay 🙂 ] I have avoided writing about Catholicism lately. The discussion in Catholic circles has become…

  • NaBloPoMo: What The Hell Does That Mean?

    NaBloPoMo: What The Hell Does That Mean?

    The kick off post for the 2013 National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) including tips from WordPress.com on how to be inspired to write.

  • Team Lead

    Team Lead

    “Team leads! When I call your team name, report where your team will meet. Downing!” “By the ping-pong tables.” “Haymarket!” “Upstairs” “Oxford!” “… … …” Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is a distributed company. We all work everywhere. While there’s an “office”, we call it a lounge. It’s more of a home than a place to work.…