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Trying Out: Donating Platelets (Week 15)
Week Fifteen- Platelets God and I have an arrangement. I get to be rather healthy. But I get to bleed into a bag every eight weeks or so. It took a few years to figure out a few things (I … Continue reading
The Cost of Free Expression
Something rather interesting happened in comics this month. And it had very little to do with superheroes. Ardian Syaf has been drawing comics for at least a decade. He had an exclusive contract with DC Comics and had recently made … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian syaf, censorship, cigar, comics, editor, gold, marvel, smoking, wolverine, x-men
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Trying Out: MoPOP and Chihuly (Week 13 & 14)
These were the two that I had an imagined grudge against. I started working around Seattle before these two entities came into existence. And when it was being discussed, I was rather vehemently against Chihuly. So for me to have … Continue reading
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Tagged chihuly, experience music project, glass, guitar, life, mopop, museum, rube goldberg, Seattle, tourist
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Trying Out: Floating through Waves and Radio Waves (Week 11 & 12)
Week Eleven- First Swim Lesson “You don’t know how to swim?” “I understand the concept of it. I simply have yet to execute the process.” I was weary of using that explanation year after year. (The same is true for … Continue reading
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Tagged coatcheck, drama, drowning, floating, life, non-profit, radio, swimming, volunteer, water
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Trying Out: Automotive Adventure and the Sunday Times (Week 9 & 10)
Trying Something New: The Automotive News (Weeks 9 & 10) I knew these two weeks would be a little limited in what I could do. It was Emerald City ComiCon. I was in a comic shop eight out of ten … Continue reading
My God-Story
My pastor suggested that we try writing our experiences with God out. This is my attempt. ———- The story starts off before I was even a glimmer in my father’s eye. My parents started planning out their family and decided … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate reality, church, dating, faith, George Fox, God, life, parallel universe, quaker, religion
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Trying Out: Family Flying and Twitter (Week 7 & 8)
Week Seven- Family Weekend Just before Christmas, one of my siblings gave birth to their third kid. That brought the grand total up to six nieces and nephews. Add some parents and siblings to the mix, a few grandparents; we … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, family, life, niece, plane, reunion, seat, social media, travel, twitter
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Trying Out: Henry Art and Famous Tattoos (Week 5 & Week 6)
Week Five- Henry Art Gallery I did not visit many places on campus during my four years at University of Washington. Sure, I could have strolled through the museum for free, but why do that when you can come back … Continue reading
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Tagged art museum, chuck close, gay, hate speech, life, nudity, polaroid, tattoo, transgender, university of washington
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Poor Service
I am concerned about the lower class these days. The gap between poor and rich continues to grow. In my experience, it is becoming more convenient to be rich and the longer lines are saved for those that already struggle. … Continue reading
Trying Out: Philanthropy and Confrontations (Week 3 & Week 4)
Week Three- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation My neighbors are some of the richest people in the world and I have been avoiding them. I have no interest in using my “try new things” edict on Microsoft itself. But one … Continue reading
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Tagged bill, charity, depression, foundation, gates, glum, life, melinda, museum, suicide
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...Of Course, this Could All Go Horribly Awry 