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Beware of Joe & His Camera

February 18, 2011 By jbb 3 Comments

This is a vent and a bit of a rant. It’s probably unwise for me to share this, and so I want to offer a blanket apology to anyone who feels that I’m being unfair or that it’s wrong for me to write about this. I guess that’s kind’a what this comes down to: as [...]

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In Bad Faith, part 9: He Lives

April 4, 2010 By jbb 1 Comment

I’ve noted in my eclectic twitter and facebook feeds a slight trend that I first noticed this past week, before Easter, during which someone commented that they are tired of being, or that they shouldn’t be ashamed of their faith and wanted to shout it out. Then, of course, someone quoted the verses where [...]

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The Love in Your Day

December 11, 2009 By jbb Leave a Comment

Last week I wrote this thought on my white board in my office: What is it that you most love in life, and how do you express it in your day to day routine? Thinking about the aunts and uncles who’ll be at this year’s Christmas gathering, and realizing that the list is getting shorter. [...]

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A Beautiful Message about Growing Old

June 19, 2009 By jbb Leave a Comment

Well, crap… Now I forgot what it was. source: Sister Kat’s Email Spam

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Will Buying Heal Old Scares

June 7, 2009 By jbb Leave a Comment

One of my students commented in his blog that he’d just had a relaxing weekend, noting that he’d actually had time to do some yard work with his wife and how much better the experience was versus the typical weekend of continuous running around. Interesting. As I continue my own house-hunting adventure I wonder how [...]

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Before and After

May 16, 2009 By jbb Leave a Comment

What else can you do when you get kicked out of a doctoral program? Of course, cut your hair. It was time. Life throws you a curveball, you throw one back. and it’ll make my mom happy (something one can never underestimate if one wants to be successful in life!)

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Sound of Doors Closing

May 16, 2009 By jbb 4 Comments

it’s been an amazing year. A year ago February I decided to accept the challenge of moving across country to step from the safety a public school teaching job to try something new: teaching a masters level course at a new online program in Florida. I looked at my life in Southern California, having no [...]

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Nephew Dan w/ Decrepit Birth on Tour

March 1, 2009 By jbb Leave a Comment

I was bitching last week about feeling like the only one I knew using the ‘Net to connect with family, so my sister surprised me this morning with this amazing photo of my nephew, Danny, on stage playing with his band. It’s a friggin’ awesome photo. Now that’s what I’m talking about, as far as [...]

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Powerful Words on a Screen

February 7, 2009 By jbb Leave a Comment

It’s long past the election season and things have moved on from battling video days between the two warring campaigns. After I’d forwarded a get-out-the-vote/Obama video a friend sent the following video to me: “One Vote” – ValueVotersUSA.com (official) Beautiful video with a somewhat overly dramatic soundtrack, then I started paying attention to words floating [...]

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I’ll Have a Right-Upper-Cut w/ My Turkey Drumstick

November 29, 2008 By jbb Leave a Comment

The Thanksgiving holiday is a family thing. In years past, with one notable exception I’ve never suffered from a lack of having family to spend the afternoon/evening with. I’ve been fortunate that way. Having a “significant other” has been an entirely different story. Given that I’m now a several hundred miles from family and the [...]