[Editor’s Note: I have lost and recovered this Journal many times over the years. It is a mystery to me how I can be so absolutely incompetent at keeping track of my files. I assume inattention is enough to explain it, as well as a lack of discipline about establishing a comprehensive plan for backups. …
I dreamt last night that Obama was the leader of some kind of Campground Community instead of President of the United States. But this community was like a Microcosm of the U.S. as a whole, so divisions began to form. Eventually a large portion of the Community seceded and took over part of the Campground’s …
Last night I dreamed I fell in love. I was in Japan on a missionary trip for my Father’s Church. Weird, I know, because I lost my Faith years ago. But anyway, I was either a Believer again, or I had never lost my Faith in the first place, because I was on a mission …
There are two Video Games that hold a very special place in my heart. They were the first “Truly Great” games I ever owned. Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda. The Nintendo Entertainment System was as the first videogame console I was really able to call my own. I had an Atari 2600, …
I had many vivid dreams last night, possibly more, but only two that I can remember in detail. I was transported to the world of the movie In Time, where people never age, but they are allotted a certain amount of time to live before immediately collapsing dead. This time is tracked via “Clocks” on …
Sometimes I feel like “The Friend of Last Resort.” When somebody completely runs out of things to do or other people to be around, they give me a call. I first noticed it with Al. He used to call me up to join him when he went over to Erin’s to hang out. Then if …