phoenix32 (@phoenix32) - Honouree

phoenix32

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Roman Catholic seminarian, martial artist, and nerd - IT, comic books, and SciFi

over 6 years ago

New Opportunities I had the fortunate circumstances to connect with Aunt Kat. When I worked in the school district back home, I got to meet her and know her b

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over 6 years ago

Back in the Saddle It has been one hot month or so since my last post, and I have to say that I have been rather busy. A good number of things happened, in no

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over 6 years ago

Introspection - Heroes Part 4: The Redemptives Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. I love redemptive heroes. I really do. As much as I wish I could be as brave and bold as

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over 6 years ago

Introspection - Heroes Part 3: The Artifices I have a certain affinity for the characters on my list that I refer to as “The Artifices”. Not conceived or born of the traditional or stan

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over 6 years ago

Introspection - Heroes Part 2: The Leaders Regarding fictional characters, one of the saddest moments of my young life was watching Optimus Prime die on the big screen. It was awesome

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over 6 years ago

Introspection - Heroes Part 1: The Engineers I’ve been taking stock of my life, as I am on the cusp of literally packing up (once again) to completely move to… somewhere… I have no idea

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over 6 years ago

Hiding in My Room I’ve been hiding as of late. I admit it. It has not been easy to get up and get out to class, or even to prayer. Not that I don’t want to pr

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over 6 years ago

Gradations It seems that I have finally found something to write about that has some substance to it. A recent conversation with a good friend helped

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over 6 years ago

Still Banging My Head Against the Wall The season of midterms is coming to a close, and of course I had a 10 page paper to write for last week, as well as a homily to write for th

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over 6 years ago

Writer’s Block I’ve had some massive writer’s block as of late, and it has troubled me a bit. The couple of posts that I’ve had as of late are rants more t

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over 6 years ago

A Really Terrible Self-Justification of a Backwards City I have made it known that I am not a Philadelphia guy. I try not to hate on the place, honestly, although it is admittedly difficult as I am

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almost 7 years ago

Don’t You Think I Know Where I Live? There are many difficult things about living in Philadelphia. Granted, many of the things are subjective — being 60 miles inland, not smelli

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almost 7 years ago

If You Thought "Calm Down" Was a Bad Phrase... Almost three weeks ago, I posted about a two-word phrase that is just irritating and frustrating: "Calm down." (See:

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almost 7 years ago

The Summer of Many Moves The last couple of years of my life can be described in a single word: nomadic. I have not had a "real" home to call my own. I used to have

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almost 7 years ago

Journal - A Short Story Part 5 AUTHOR'S NOTE: Part 4 can be found here - The air was stubborn, cli

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