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A Hero Among Dragons

“This is also why the new novels die so quickly, and why the old fairy tales endure for ever. The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it is his adve...

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Quotes, Story, Fiction, Heroes

The Negative AL Central

Rob Neyer writes about the runs-scored differential in the AL Central...[As of August 5,] The first-place Tigers have been outscored by seven runs. The second-pla...

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Baseball

Congratulations Chase and the Raspberries!

Yes, you read that right. Raspberries. A group of 13 and 14 year old boys named their maroon-shirted soccer team the Raspberries. Well, I guess that is OK, since ...

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Family, Sports, Soccer

Farther Along

I heard about the new Josh Garrels album, Love & War & The Sea In Between, from The Rabbit Room, NoiseTrade, and a friend at nearly the same time. I have ...

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Affections, Music

It All Ends Tonight

w00t! We have tickets to the midnight show of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 for tonight at 12:01am.  Mackenzie, Chase, Kayleigh, Matt, and I w...

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Family, Harry Potter

The Power of Love in Little Things

This morning in the shower doubtful thoughts about Christianity were attempting to enter into my thinking like 10,000 Uruk-Hai trying to enter Helm’s Deep. Relent...

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Affections, Harry Potter, Jesus

Visual Reasons We Miss Home

Cousinswaiting for the pool to fill...oh, so slowly, originally uploaded by wenabell.Kell’s Irish Publucky ceiling @ Kell's, originally uploaded by wenabell.Trees...

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Affections, Family, Photography

Just for the record...

Throwing frozen hamburger patties on a gas grill is not true grilling. It does require a lot of skill in flare-up management though. Think on the bright side.

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Barbecue

Humility Stands Out Because It is So Rare

I was happy to see Derek Jeter gain his 3,000th hit with a home run. I have always appreciated his clutch skill when watching him during the playoffs against my f...

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Sports, Humility

‘Nuff Said

Yes. Only in the Pacific Northwest.

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Food
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