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  • Another part of the conversation. Guy 1: "So then I told her, 'You know, it doesn't always have to be about sex. It doesn't have to be about sex every single time I come over here. You know, sometimes when I come over…

  • Stood out on my porch for a signifcant amount of time tonight and overheard a lot of a conversation between two of my younger black neighbors smoking a joint. The first part of the conversation I heard went like this…

  • "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the…

  • Our school had its official grand opening today, with the founder, company president, lenders, mayor, state assemblymen, city councilmen, California Board of Education members, pastors, and all those sorts of people at i…

  • "The ability to persevere in the continual practice of inward meditation on the Bible is an actual expression of the life that genuinely flows in one's heart. For the word of God is spirit and life, as the Lord defined …

  • "Thus I think of you: you will go forth from these walls, but you will sojourn the world like a monk. You will have many opponents, but your very enemies will love you. Life will bring you many misfortunes, but through…

  • Neighborhood was active tonight. Some guy stole a car, leading to a high-speed chase with the LA County sheriffs and Inglewood PD. He got into an accident on Crenshaw and Century, which in my three years here has been …

  • Near the beginning of liturgy on Sunday I watched as John Paul set a picture up in front of the church. It took me a second to realize that the picture was his father. Michael then put flowers on top of the picture, wh…

  • 1.5 week update: So, after I've started to get to know my kids and began teaching them for real, am I still as happy as I was coming in? Yes. Very very much so. I just love these kids. They're awesome. Their person…

  • "I was so happy when I found out you went to Harvey Mudd, because I'm applying there and that's where I want to go." In all my years of teaching, that's the first time I've gotten to hear those words. On another no…

  • I hate it when celebrities grandstand with donations. It's great when someone donates a million dollars, but if you earned $20 million each for your movies last year then I'm not really impressed. You will keep on livi…

  • Okay, I've written and deleted this three times now, and I think that's God's sign that it has to be short. If you are using the terrible tragedy in the Gulf to further your own political agenda, you are a sick person. …

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