May your spirit find its way, whichever way that might be
My advisor and friend David Ede, Chair of the Department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University, passed away a week ago today. He was 73 years old and died as the result of an allergic reaction to nuts, something that he had known about [...]

Warning: memoir material ahead
I had one of those creepy, sappy moments last night that I always wince at when I hear from someone else. However, it left me with a warm contentedness—something that usually only a Xanax and two whiskeys will do for me before I get on a flight—so I felt it was worth [...]

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If you haven’t been paying attention up until now, you had better start.

So this is not the post that I promised. The Friday feature is still in development phase and since I am putting the finishing touches on a paper right now, it wasn’t going to happen this weekend.
However, I am pleased to report, [...]

Two lessons about the kindness of strangers in one week. I am starting to become a little unnerved.

After the incident with the wrong train the other day, I had assumed that my luck was up for the time being. I figured that I had spent all of my good will and happy chance in one [...]

A shameless promotional spot for a dear friend

I don’t usually write about music or movies or anything like that, but in this case I am happy to make an exception.
The up-and-coming band OFFICE has just released a new record. A Night at the Ritz sort of a wonderful review with a new spin and [...]