August 2011

Doing It Differently

by John Bagwell on August 31, 2011 · 0 comments

Recently a police officer was senselessly killed in our area. I was at work and someone had a radio on tuned to some morning talk show, and they were discussing what happened. Having no previous knowledge that anything had happened, it felt like listening to one end of a phone call as the details crept [...]

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Rude Awakening

by John Bagwell on August 30, 2011 · 0 comments

My wife’s birthday was the middle of last week. I woke up earlier than her and secretly had the girls finish making their home-made birthday cards to give to her. When they were done, I had them follow me into the bedroom where I turned on the lights. Faster than I had anticipated, my wife [...]

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A Good Thing About Wilderness Experiences

by John Bagwell on August 29, 2011 · 0 comments

After learning to swim like a fish above the water, I would periodically challenge myself with some underwater feat such as diving to the bottom of a 10 or 12 ft deep pool for coins. I eventually started trying to swim as far as I could while holding my breath. The longest distance I had [...]

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Worth Having

by John Bagwell on August 28, 2011 · 0 comments

“As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having.” – David Brainerd Dont just like it, SHARE it! Click one of these -> Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend

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Buddy System

by John Bagwell on August 27, 2011 · 0 comments

When I was a kid in summer camp, we had to abide by the buddy system when we were in the pool. You had to have a buddy, and you always had to be within 2 feet of your buddy at all times. Every once in a while, they would have a buddy check. The [...]

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Line ‘Em Up

by John Bagwell on August 26, 2011 · 0 comments

I am fascinated with the way things operate in the military. Probably because it seems so foreign to the way life operates in the civilian world. I was reading through a book and happened across a passage where it described the duties of a guard at his post. He was to inspect the credentials of [...]

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The Unknown Man

by John Bagwell on August 25, 2011 · 0 comments

Have you ever been told to do something you thought was totally useless and a complete waste of time, yet you had to do it because either it was your job to do what your boss told you to do, or maybe to pass a class? I can think of at least two instances in [...]

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Solipsism

by John Bagwell on August 24, 2011 · 0 comments

“Solip-WHAT?!” That was my first reaction to reading the word “solipsism” and before you run off to Google it for yourself, stop and think about what it might mean. If you are anything like me, you gave up before you even finished reading the second sentence in this article and Google’d it anyway, and after [...]

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A Look Back

by John Bagwell on August 23, 2011 · 0 comments

I really detest painting. Specifically, I do not like painting rooms. Technically speaking, I don’t mind the painting part so much, it’s all the stuff that has to come before and after that I don’t like. There is a lot of prep work to be done just so you can be sure you don’t get [...]

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In Great Anticipation

by John Bagwell on August 22, 2011 · 0 comments

For years my wife and I have talked about going to Disney World one day when we had kids. Then we had the kids, but they were too young. Still, we talked. When they turned 4 and 8, we began to talk more seriously. For many months now, we have been watching the girls, weighing [...]

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