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Perfect Wallpaper, Elvis, and Other Assorted Thoughts

Posted on February 8, 2013April 6, 2021 by ptsblog

  I am living in a hotel room this week. The wallpaper in my hotel room is textured, and patterned to look sort of like bamboo or rattan or something. It was hung circa 1989, along with the colorful parrot portraits that preside over the two full sized beds in the room. Said beds are festooned…

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Doxology

Posted on January 25, 2013April 6, 2021 by ptsblog

I keep a lot of the little notes of encouragement that students leave on my desk to look at when times are tough. They’re awesome: Hi J…stay awesome. You are the coolest. Thanks for everything. I swear your prayers helped me. And indeed, when times are tough I need only look just beyond my computer…

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To Keep the Dream Alive

Posted on January 18, 2013April 6, 2021 by ptsblog

  In class one of my professors, Dr. Tuell, shared with us a few of his favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes, and it got me thinking which one would I consider my favorite.  Though admittedly the reservoir of King’s speeches in my brain is fairly limited, the portion I am going to share is…

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