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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on November 5, 2011 at 12:01 am

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I hear some people preach that we are all bad and that we’re here to suffer so that we might enjoy Heaven better. Well, I don’t believe in that suffering business. Oh, I want to go to Heaven when the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Betty

by Betty on November 4, 2011 at 12:01 am

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When we grow up, we absorb many deep and abiding truths from our parents. Their values and beliefs infuse us, dominate us for the rest of our lives. But sometimes something happens to change everything for us. We learn that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Charles

by Charles on November 3, 2011 at 12:01 am

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I was born Charles Edward Hurst. I expect you recognize the name. I have no doubt I would have lived down to it given the impulses of my youth. But the Shang came, and I volunteered. My father made certain[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on November 2, 2011 at 12:01 am

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A lot of us put our boots on when the Shang came. We grabbed our rifles and we went to battle. We came home to a heroes welcome. I kept my rifle. I kept my ship. I kept my boots. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Betty

by Betty on November 1, 2011 at 12:01 am

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The end of the growing season has come, the beginning of a new season begun. Celebrate life in its splendor. Prepare for the cold to come. Build the bonfires high. Sing and dance and love. Remember those who have gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on October 30, 2011 at 12:01 am

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You can tell what leaders are like by looking at the people who have followed them for years. You see, clever and nice words sound good in the moment, and lots of people join a group because they like what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Betty

by Betty on October 29, 2011 at 12:01 am

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I was born with the sum total knowledge of over two thousand years of my family’s history. I remember the fall of Albion with the same perfect clarity as I remember the lake we swam in this morning. There is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on October 28, 2011 at 12:01 am

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I grew up on Minnesota Nice, where if you can’t say something good, you just don’t say anything at all. It’s a good idea, and works a lot more often than New Yorkers might think. You see we tend to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Helly, my name is Betty

by Betty on October 27, 2011 at 12:01 am

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We all need to know what we want in life. If we just go through life, hoping something good will happen, we will always be hoping and very rarely receiving. If we plan and pursue that plan, if we enjoy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on October 26, 2011 at 12:01 am

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I’ve been a lot of places in my life. I grew up in the Boundary Waters, about as far away from a city as you can get in America. I’ve watched the New Year’s ball drop in Times Square. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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