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  • Theme

    Theme

    You’d have thought I was in preschool as I fumbled through this attempt to change up my blog’s theme after oh, I dunno, a decade. I take that back, my preschool grandsons would have done better. I’m sure it’s quite intuitive to a younger brain. There are a slew of dystopian-themed series and movies out Read more

  • Closet Podcaster

    Closet Podcaster

    Coming soon! . . . Journalism 101 with Tripping Raul will be a podcast where we delve into what journalism used to be . . . and still should be . . . mainly through the lens of the 1990s. We will explore what it was like working in print media before the helter-skelter, oft-biased Read more

  • To Die For

    To Die For

    Creating my to-do list for tomorrow, it crossed my mind that, oh, I’ll be home from Junction by then and will have access to a few more resources . . . or I could die and not have to worry about work ever again. (Bill Burr did a great comedy sketch on that.) I‘m multitasking! Read more

  • What’s to Come?

    What’s to Come?

    This really wasn’t a draft, now was it? In my fruitless attempts to write for fun and interest, I occasionally open a new post and then stare at it mindlessly before realizing I absolutely have nothing to say. Heaven knows when I initially created this blank page but it was a while ago, so there Read more

  • Thin-Skinned

    Thin-Skinned

    Maybe it was because the brace was on tight. Or perhaps it was the shot to make my leg right. But I think that the most likely reason of all is that . . . I broke down and prayed to be healed. Typically, I prefer not to bother God or the heavenly hosts with Read more

  • Break Time

    Break Time

    It’s the season of Christmas, the celebration of Jesus’ birth even though he most likely was born in April. And with all the glitz and gluttony and the SUV commercials that imply that unless you buy your significant other a fancy vehicle you are not worthy of love, it’s difficult not to notice how many Read more