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—F. ROBERT DE LAMENNAIS I went to a private Lutheran school for fourth through eighth grades. In my family, my paternal grandmother was religious, but no one else was. They were all too smart, too educated to take religion seriously. I was the only member of my family to attend
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Writing
Shifted back to using Things today after experimenting with using Reminders and Fantastical. I thought I had what I wanted, with the calendar and action items together, but it quickly became a mess. I’m not quite sure why it didn’t work out. I thought my problem was with
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He's been at it for twenty minutes…
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In northern Wisconsin, making our way south to La Crosse. We hope to be in Decorah tonight, though we keep stopping to take in the sights. There’s just one bar of service here, but still the news reaches us. We try not to talk about it, but we will
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Unplug your brain. Don’t get into fights with strangers on the internet, but enjoy your new surroundings. Don’t read the news; please don’t read the news. The blogging reminder pinged yesterday, and I gamely tried. I got into a fight on Reddit over Iowa’s ban on
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Made it to the vacation. It was incredibly stressful to get here, and I left a bunch of loose ends at work that will probably bite me in the butt when I get back, but I just couldn’t anymore, you know? This isn’t the first time that I’
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I was caught off guard with the bias in this Wikipedia article. I mean, I know it’s written and edited by humans, but still, this really struck me. A significant portion of the article was spent to how some people think it’s a hoax: Higashida was diagnosed with
Autism
Even after the film’s release, the film crew still continued conversations with the consultation group about outreach and advocacy tied to the film. Behind the scenes, the team tried to create employment opportunities by hiring autistic musicians, production assistants, and even their synesthetic sound designer, Nick Ryan. I started
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I didn’t realize how long grief could take. My therapist pointed out that the grieving process doesn’t go in a straight line, but rather cycles, or in my case lurches forward with the same lack of grace with which it lurches backward, to borrow a wonderful turn of