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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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Best NFL Day Of the Year
If you love NFL football, it doesn’t get any better than today. In fact, I think today will probably be better than Super Bowl…
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Wake Up and Dream Again
Most of you know that I’m an educator by day. It’s provided a wonderful life for my family and me thus far. You also…
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The Best Band You’ve Never Heard Of
My wife and I attended a Delta Rae show back in November of 2016 at The Castle Theater. If you’ve been a longtime reader,…
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My New Favorite Mexican Restaurant In Bloomington-Normal
My wife and I have been searching for a new Mexican restaurant ever since Carlos O’Kelly’s closed its doors. Yes, that was five years…
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On Turning 42
I turned 42 today. Though it won’t be exact until December, I’ve essentially been out of college now for twenty years. Sometimes I get…
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Grin and Bear It
I had zero expectations for the Chicago Bears before the season started. We have Green Bay and Minnesota in our division, after all, and…
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Mary Poppins Returns – A Movie Review
To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the original Mary Poppins from start to finish. We had it on a few years…
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