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Addenda to Part the Third: Never before has so much been said about so little
It’s been close to a month and a half since I’ve had a chance to return to telling this story, and believe it or not, there have been a couple of people who have asked, “Hey, when are you getting back...
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Kapitel Vier: In which I get as far east as Canterbury
Whew. Another academic year, Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha have come and gone. It’s not exactly the most convenient thing for me, in my various modalities, to have the end of spring semester and the...
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Addenda to Kapitel Vier: The post-high school, struggling through junior year...
Exactly what would happen to me following high school graduation was a point of no small controversy. My parents wanted me in Alaska with them as soon as possible and to stay up there as long as...
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Chapter Five: In which, having arrived in Canterbury, I find myself wondering...
Much has happened in the last few weeks that I’d like to offer some reflection on, but some of it, it seems to me, needs more context in order to make sense. So, I will try to catch up a bit first with...
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“When we name our children, we should do so as ones who are identifying them...
There’s a page from a church website making the usual rounds right now titled about Orthodox practices with a newborn. As somebody who is going through those steps right now and having to explain...
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This is what happens when you tell me I can’t do it
Seven years ago today, somebody who was very well-informed about how such things worked told me that it was highly unlikely that I could ever be competitive for IU’s History graduate program, given an...
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Addenda to Chapter Five: Easing back into the unintentional epic
About a year and a half ago, some commentary on the complex relationship some younger people growing up today have with organized religion prompted me to start telling my own story with respect to...
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In which I talk about a departure and ponder what the heck to do with all the...
Wow. I haven’t posted since two days before Christmas. Yikes. Sorry about that; we spent Christmas in Alaska with my mother and stepfather, had a lovely time seeing them, spent a great Sunday afternoon...
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For your consideration: Robotech Academy on Kickstarter
I am bringing the Kickstarter campaign to fund a proof-of-concept pilot of a new Robotech TV series called Robotech Academy to your attention. I think you should fund it. However, I’m not happy about...
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A chapter ends: 22 August 2003-1 August 2014
It’s the Barretts’ last night as residents of Bloomington, at least for the foreseeable future. I got here 3 weeks shy of 11 years ago, coming here with the specific objectives of finishing an...
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Pushing to a finish line
Hi. I’ve been a bad blogger for… well, awhile. I had a nice stride going in 2008-2009 (you know, back when I was despairing about life and could basically blog at work); then I got into grad school,...
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Boston and “the real Paris”
(There are two types of people in this world: those who have seen Killing Zoe and thus understand the title of this post, and those who have not. It’s entirely okay if you’re in the latter category;...
View Article“Leitourgeia kai Qurbana: The adventures of… what?“
Obviously, at almost a decade old, this blog is basically about nine years past its prime. My highest-trafficked post is from 2008, I haven’t posted even semi-regularly in more than two years, and the...
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