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Category: Inside my head

Posted onDecember 18, 2016December 18, 2016Inside my head

The tapping on the window

Surrounded by the darkness of the Walmart parking lot, the unexpected tapping on my driver’s side window made me jump. For I was in the middle…

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Posted onJune 18, 2015Inside my head

A long overdue apology to my journalist family

As I sit here exhausted, tearful and overcome by the smell of smoke, I need to write this to my family. The same thing happened…

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Posted onNovember 21, 2012November 21, 2012Inside my head

Gratitude Smatitude

1. I am thankful for a unique name, one that I have to spell each time on the phone and is often confused with beer.…

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Posted onOctober 9, 2012October 9, 2012Inside my head

Why quality seems to be job last

Stuff keeps breaking. If it was after three or four years, I could live with it. We’re talking three to four months. And it’s getting…

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Posted onNovember 1, 2011November 1, 2011Inside my head

Why I don’t care if you read this (for now)

You 10 readers used to keep me up at night. I used to pour over the blog stats fretting about who showed up on my…

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Posted onOctober 11, 2011October 11, 2011Inside my head

8 quick impressions of Billings from the new guy

This one is for you, Billings. The rest of you are free to see our literature in the lobby. It’s been a week, and the…

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Posted onOctober 10, 2011October 10, 2011Inside my head

Saved in the basement

We, meaning I, lead a simple life in the temporary palace basement of Team Henneke. I have no DVR, no online access without standing on…

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Posted onOctober 6, 2011October 6, 2011Inside my head

Will the real Mike please stand up?

Before I left home for this new job, my wife gave me some advice. “This will be a great chance to recreate yourself,” she said.…

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Posted onOctober 3, 2011October 3, 2011Inside my head

Why my co-pilot Dyson didn’t suck

It rode with me for 16 hours and didn’t complain once. Never criticized my driving, never told me to slow down or not to tap…

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Posted onOctober 2, 2011October 2, 2011For the Mormons

In a strange land

It didn’t take long for the homesickness to hit, the kind that twists your stomach into 400 knots. It was in the Wal-Mart parking lot,…

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