Throughout my work as a school counselor, I liked to post Facebook status updates which were not actually status updates at all. Instead, they were quotes from the kids I worked with at the elementary school on a daily basis. Some of them are a priceless kind of hilarious. Others are probably only funny to … Continue reading Kids Say the Darnedest Things
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A Dater’s Guys to Disney Princesses: Pocahontas
Is Pocahontas actually a princess? I feel like that's debatable. She was the daughter of a Native American chief. Technically, I don't think she's considered royalty. The real Pocahontas later married John Rolfe, who I'm pretty sure wasn't even considered nobility. So you can't even say she married into the title of princess. Pocahontas was … Continue reading A Dater’s Guys to Disney Princesses: Pocahontas
AFI #49 – Intolerance
Intolerance 1916 Directed by D.W. Griffith Netflix says... Many film historians hail director D.W. Griffith's monumental epic as one of the greatest movies ever committed to celluloid. Griffith powerfully interlaces four parallel tales linked by a recurring shot of Lillian Gish symbolically rocking the cradle of civilization. The stories, which span two millennia, collectively illustrate … Continue reading AFI #49 – Intolerance
Question of the Week #89
Where would you choose to be if you could place yourself on a scale from one to ten, where one is hardship, struggle, and extraordinary accomplishment and ten is comfort, peace of mind, and no accomplishment? Why? This 1-10 scale doesn't really make a lot of sense. At all. I feel like if you have … Continue reading Question of the Week #89
The Apology
It was a beautiful afternoon. The kind of day that kids daydream about when they're stuck inside a school listening to their teachers drone on and on about World War II or the Pythagorean Theorem. Christopher had been waiting all week for Saturday to get here and he had been praying just as long for … Continue reading The Apology
The Wedding Party
This blog post is a pitch for a TV show and I'm pretty sure it would be an enormous hit that would make me millions of dollars. Probably. Actually, it probably wouldn't. Because even if this is an original idea, someone with more connections could see this and claim that they had the idea first … Continue reading The Wedding Party
Things I Learned While Working Retail
I worked in the world of retail for a couple years after moving to the New River Valley. It was a dirty job, but it was a necessity. That extra paycheck was needed to help make ends meet. Over the course of my first few months working part-time, I made some observations. They include, but … Continue reading Things I Learned While Working Retail
A Dater’s Guide to Disney Princesses: Jasmine
Now we are well into the Disney Renaissance. This week we've come to Jasmine, whose tale is told in the story of Aladdin. Jasmine is the daughter of the Sultan of Agrabah, which gives her a significant amount of power herself. It means that the person she chooses to marry would eventually succeed the sultan … Continue reading A Dater’s Guide to Disney Princesses: Jasmine
AFI #50 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Directed by Peter Jackson Netflix says... From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, director Peter Jackson has created a world that surpasses the expectations of J.R.R. Tolkien purists as Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) embarks on his epic quest … Continue reading AFI #50 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
I Am a Seed
I once spent a lot of time sitting in a classroom full of first graders. Because of this fact, I found myself relearning a lot of things I've actually known for 30 years. Actually, more often than not, I found myself realizing that a lot of the things I know, which I've assumed for years … Continue reading I Am a Seed
The Confusing Middle 