Tag Archives: nostalgia

Liftoff

Growing up in Titusville, Florida, you get used to the launches, you become accustomed to the strange fact that one of our nation’s greatest technical achievements is on full display mere miles from your house, that every now and then a 300,000-pound rocket is shot from the earth into space, or that every now and [...]

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All Good Things

Last Thursday was my last day as an advocate. I cried. But not too much, in front of other people at least. Let me back up. In case you’ve joined us recently, let me explain. For the last couple years I’ve held a volunteer position at my church that gave me the nifty title of [...]

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2010: A Retrospective

I’m not entirely convinced that 2010 actually happened. I mean, my iCal tells me it’s 1/1/11, but when I try to think about the events of 2010 for this recap, I come up with this: a blurry picture of places and people and major changes, with the shadowy echo of major changes that may or [...]

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Homesick

We spent Thanksgiving in Florida–a whirlwind trip down and back, packed with family time and lots and lots of food. (See previous entry re: turkey.) I wore shorts and flip flops the whole time and loved it. We shopped in the Florida Mall on Black Friday, and I was struck again by how much more [...]

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The Oregon Trail & Carmen Sandiego

Yesterday, Jesse and I slept in and spent most of the day being lazy, which is, I think, exactly what Sundays are for. Then, we found some old games online and Jesse downloaded some kind of emulator-thing and we spent the rest of the afternoon playing Oregon Trail. Our little party consisted of Jesse (a [...]

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