Originally posted June 11, 2013 There is one reason my entire blog isn’t film reviews and articles of me being a movie snob: I don’t like it when people criticize an industry they have no experience in. It makes them look really stupid when they inevitably do a few of…Continue Reading
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When the Heart Forces a Smile
This post was originally published October 5, 2012. For an update on how I feel about Christianity now, see the post “When God Spoke to Me.” This is part of the archive restoration project. From a young age, my mom taught me to force a smile when I don’t feel like…Continue Reading
Birthday Post
While most of my restored archive posts came through Free Jinger and the WayBack Machine, not all of those were saved. This post is back online for the first time since 2016. I’ve also added some notes, six years later, in brackets. A few weeks ago, an unexpected fire put…Continue Reading
The Twice-Removed Desire
This post was originally published June 22, 2012. For an update on how I feel about Christianity now, see the post “When God Spoke to Me.” This is part of the archive restoration project. Several years ago, I wanted to want to care about following God. I didn’t care about…Continue Reading
Two Obstacles to being a Selfless Steward
This post was re-uploaded in 2019 as part of the Archive Restoration Project. I think it shows how deeply I was attached to the idea of martyrdom seven years ago. In response to my post on being unattached to material things, I received the following comment: “I fully understand that all things…Continue Reading
Huck’s Lesson: Twisted Perception
The following was originally posted May 2, 2012. It was part of a two-part series, the second of which was lost. While I am no longer a Christian and I don’t use the N-word anymore even in quotations, I like this post because it shows how I was beginning to…Continue Reading