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[Today is post #5 in our annual, summer Guest Writer Series. Note that the opinions expressed may or may not be held by the Intramuralist.] Close your eyes and imagine with me... You are seven years old. You are with your family. You are at home. Home, a place that
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[Today is post #4 in our annual, summer Guest Writer Series. Note that the opinions expressed may or may not be held by the Intramuralist.] I wrote “Heretic,” not “Denier,” although I defer to the reader’s judgment as to which label best fits. While I don’t doubt the
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[Today is post #3 in our annual, summer Guest Writer Series. Note that the opinions expressed may or may not be held by the Intramuralist.] Why do I like little dogs? I don’t know, but I’m definitely a little dog person. I adore my 14 pound Westie, but
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[Today is post #2 in our annual, summer Guest Writer Series. Note that the opinions expressed may or may not be held by the Intramuralist.] Black Lives Matter…White Lives Matter…Cops Lives Matter… I am so tired of hearing these overused phrases. Bottom line: We All Matter. More importantly,
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[Note: today begins our annual Guest Writer Series. Hence, the viewpoints expressed may or may not be held by the Intramuralist. Regardless, these guys are good and they are respectful. Enjoy! ... starting with Guest Writer #1...] It was an interesting observation. I was in a florist shop waiting in line
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Eight years ago, I sat in a local coffee shop and had a fascinating conversation. I sat with a then newfound friend who clearly approached life differently than me. Funny. I sometimes think in this polarized, political state we now live in, we’ve assumed there are only three approaches
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One sentence. That’s it. Today, we’re going to go with just one sentence. Want to guess what it is? It is true that the Intramuralist has a special fondness for the following: * “Just do it.” * “Let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ ” * “Fire up!” * “Give
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We think we know everything there is to know about a person. We think we totally get them. Once we’ve seen them act a certain way, treat others a certain way, or especially speak a certain way, that’s the box we put them into… as if they act,
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Everything I learned, I learned from baseball. Ok, not really. But baseball has given us much, especially in how we can apply it to today's culture. Full disclosure notice: I will not do the topic justice today; the topic is perhaps too big and broad. Alas, no less,
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Minimize, maximize. Maximize, minimize. As my madre often articulates, “We judge others by their actions — ourselves by our intentions.” In other words, we see the worst in others but the best in ourselves. Extending that one step further, in this political climate, we see the best in one candidate but
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I find myself pondering last week and the weeks ahead… … the racial tension… … the intentional ambushing of police… … the Republican and Democrat national conventions… … the attempted coup and crackdown in Turkey… … more details surrounding the terrorist attack in France… … the continued evil acts of ISIS and lack of containment… … the
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So it’s true… over the weekend was my birthday. Not the birthday of the Intramuralist (which, by the way shall turn 8 in November — which we will excitedly speak of then!), but my own date of birth. A fascinating phenomena took place, no less… Via cards, calls, texts, tweets,