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The Trial by Existence: Congrats, Mule, Dominator, and Hockeytown
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The Trial by Existence. Wednesday, June 04, 2008. Congrats, Mule, Dominator, and Hockeytown. It wasn't the triple overtime thriller like the other night, but it kept me on the edge of my chair. Neil A. M. We don't recognize our most significant moments while they're happening.". Webcams and Other Useful Information.
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The Trial by Existence: New Mexico/Arizona - 19-23 May 2007
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The Trial by Existence. Friday, August 03, 2007. New Mexico/Arizona - 19-23 May 2007. Much of my life is ruled by the Law of Diminishing Returns. Briefly, this economic law states that additional input toward a particular repeated action decreases the marginal yield. Since hiking in nature is automatically a pleasure, hiking companions strengthen the experience. I always enjoy hiking with my father, brother, and Brian. I haven't hiked with Dave since I was a teenager; it was my first time to hike...What ...
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The Trial by Existence: Closed For Business
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The Trial by Existence. Friday, July 11, 2008. This is the end. This is the end. My only friend, the end. Of our elaborate plans, the end. Of everything that stands, the end. No safety or surprise, the end. Ill never look into your eyes.again. Can you picture what will be. So limitless and free. Desperately in need of some stranger's hand. In a desperate land. I'm shutting this site down and opening another:. This, the last post, is quite fitting - two songs from my favorite artists. Cry as we might.
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The Trial by Existence: R.I.P. Tim Russert (1950-2008)
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The Trial by Existence. Friday, June 13, 2008. RIP Tim Russert (1950-2008). The American political community lost its most independent, non-partisan, and non-ideological icon today. Sundays will never be the same again. Neil A. M. We don't recognize our most significant moments while they're happening.". Webcams and Other Useful Information.
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The Trial by Existence: From Dallas to Wimberley
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The Trial by Existence. Wednesday, July 02, 2008. From Dallas to Wimberley. When I visit Wimberley, particularly during the summertime, I often find myself wishing that John Hill would have kept running from the law until he found more temperate climates. But then the Hill Country sun settles, a gentle breeze cools off everything that was scorched just a few hours prior, and I find myself remembering why this is the place that reminds me of the one I love deep in the heart of Texas. For the past several ...
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The Trial by Existence: Possum Kingdom and July 4th Weekend
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The Trial by Existence. Sunday, July 06, 2008. Possum Kingdom and July 4th Weekend. Despite the inauspicious beginning of family vacation, it eventually smoothed out and we ended up having a very good time. Most notable of all was playing golf with my wife for the first time. Below: What a cool chick. Eight months pregnant and can still tee it up. Neil A. M. We don't recognize our most significant moments while they're happening.". Webcams and Other Useful Information.
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The Trial by Existence: From the Weekend
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The Trial by Existence. Sunday, June 15, 2008. Forget about being born thirty seconds earlier or later, as I previously wrote about. What if you were born as somebody else, or worse, if somebody else were born as me? Indeed, the lady I spoke with showed me another Neil and Melissa Massey living about 20 miles from our home. I don't trust anybody named Neil Massey. Last weekend, I saw two kids, about ages 13 and 10, in shorts and t-shirts as they took their seats. I told Melissa that my kid would neve...
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The Trial by Existence: Some People Are From Minneapolis
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The Trial by Existence. Tuesday, June 03, 2008. Some People Are From Minneapolis. I often wonder how different my life would be now were I born just thirty seconds earlier or later some 35 years ago. I've had a theory that usually reinforces itself when I hit a light on yellow, miss the first thirty seconds of a movie, or the phone rings just as I'm ready to walk out the office. As a devotee of the collective consciousness, I wonder how, from the mundane to the epic, history would be different.