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Memoirs of an Assassin #5 – Painful Memories

Today marks the five-year anniversary of my death. While my body and mind may live on, my compassion and love have rotted to dust. One horrific moment in my existence changed my life forever. That moment created the soulless monster that I am today. Five years. One thousand eight hundred twenty five days. Forty three [...]

3rd Annual Smoke A JJ for JJ Day
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3rd Annual Smoke A JJ for JJ Day

Jeremiah Cruz Jr. (Better known as JJ). Photo courtesy of Jerry Cruz On July 22nd, we set aside a little time and smoke a special cigar. While we enjoy that cigar, we allow our minds to drift and think of a special little someone who departed this world far too soon. We remember Jeremiah Cruz [...]

Writing Adventure Group Theme #30 – Broken
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Writing Adventure Group Theme #30 – Broken

It has been entirely too long since I have participated in the Writers Adventure Group. With some sort of predictable routine emerging, post baby-birth, I found a little spare time to sneak in some writing for this weeks theme. Like in some previous weeks, I have used this writing exercise as an opportunity for a [...]

Beauty and the Beast
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Beauty and the Beast

Just the other day I was browsing through recent status updates on Facebook when I came across something interesting. A friend, and soon to be father, Dr. Terry Simpson, made an observation about child warnings. Terry Simpson says: Funny thing happened to me — I use to laugh at the plastic bags that had the [...]

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Memoirs of an Assassin #4 – Ignorance is Bliss

Throughout the course of my professional career, I have adopted a mantra of sorts. Before undergoing any job, I would tell myself “Ignorance is Bliss”. In the broad scope of things this is a terrible way to view life, but it my case it was the only way to remain focused. By remaining ignorant to [...]

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Share Your RSS Feed

Being a new father, one of the things that I’ve quickly learned is that being able to multi-task is a must-have skill. No matter what my wife and I are doing, when my daughter needs our attention we must set down our tasks and tend to her. Some activities, such as reading or watching tv, [...]

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Memoirs of an Assassin #3 – Tough Choices

Money is the root of all evil. Such a laughable concept. During my extended stay on this earth there is one thing that I am absolutely sure of, a mans pride is the muck that evil pulls itself from. If money is the root of all evil, pride is the rich soil which nurtures the [...]

Hey Baby, how you doin’?
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Hey Baby, how you doin’?

Ever since my wife and I began to share the news of our expected baby, I have been offered a great many words of wisdom. One of the most common came from parents telling me that when the child is born my life will change forever. Being an expecting parent, I think I took that [...]

I Suppose The World Cup Really Is Twitter’s Kryptonite
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I Suppose The World Cup Really Is Twitter’s Kryptonite

Over the last couple of years social media has seen a tremendous boost. People who scoffed at it a year ago are embracing it today. As a result, you hear Twitter and Facebook routinely mentioned on television commercials and radio advertisements. With this increase in popularity Twitter has been going through some growing pains. Those [...]

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Time Isn’t On My Side

A few months ago I was talking amongst friends. The topic of conversation was how we had all become used to being busy and fallen into a day to day rhythm to get things accomplished. As we talked, a friend told me bluntly “If you think you are busy now, you aint seen nothin’ yet. [...]

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