The philosophy of Frogism.

May 4, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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One time, when I was small child, a friend of mine and I beat frogs to death with red, plastic shovels after a rain storm, mid-afternoon on a Saturday. It was just one of those things that you do when you're a kid. I was never a particularly violent child. Though, perhaps I skirted the state line of crazy for a band of years during my adolescence, like, ages Birth to Present...but, believe me, it's in our blood.  I've managed to escape, cleanly enough so far, and that's it's own definition of success. To this day, I pray for those frogs' souls, though. And, for good measure, I...

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The Mercy Blog 2: Mean Man and Me

April 30, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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I noticed without much fanfare or to-do, this morning, that our neighbor had a rental truck slap up against his front door. Coming down the road, from class, I saw the bed, the table, and various other accoutrement loaded inside. I took this to mean he was moving. I was...I must say...ok with that. He wasn't the easiest man to like.  An attempt had been made, earlier in the year, to befriend him, mainly because he had the most adorable roommate: a Bassest hound.  And one afternoon, I was in the backyard with Max, the dog I live with. He's a large white German Shepherd,...

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