Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 26, 2012 at 12:01 am
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My family never observed Lent when I was a child. We didn’t observe most of the religious holidays in fact. A friend introduced me to the holy days after I left home. He was one of those friends willing to take a bullet for me. That’s a real friend. I intend to do something with my life that he would be proud of, and that starts with following his example. It is the least I owe him.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Mardi Gras is one of those special times of the year I’ve celebrated for most of my life. I love the parades and the dancing and the music and everything to do with it. It is a great big celebration of life and everything that goes into living it. I think it’s one of the most honest holidays there is. It’s devoted to having fun. What could be better than that?

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on February 24, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Many people celebrate Lent now, in between Carnival and Easter in the Christian calendar. It is a season of remembrance tucked between a celebration of the life they have led and a celebration of the rebirth of the life they will lead. Interestingly, it takes place around the same time that many cultures used to celebrate the New Year, making this a much more interesting New Years observation than the one on January 1st.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 23, 2012 at 12:01 am
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My family taught me to look five, ten, twenty, fifty, a hundred years into the future and to plan based on that. In 2304, I learned that, win or lose The War, the time of Earth in a predominant position in the galaxy was at an end. New powers would rise, new systems, and Earth would fade. My family had a part to play in that rise. I planned to take that part from them and use it to my own ends. They have never forgiven me for that.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 22, 2012 at 12:01 am
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This week in 1962, nearly half a millennium ago, an American Astronaut flew into space on a rocket ship. For over two centuries, NASA continued to travel into space, building space stations, exploring the furthest reaches of space, and going where no man had gone before. In 2185, NASA shut down, but their last missions continued, and we will never forget them. From Friendship Seven to Independence Seven, NASA changed us by showing us a whole new universe to explore.

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