From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Lessons From Pet-Ownership

September 28, 2010

A couple of weeks ago Ben and I got a puppy. Here is a picture of her: Oh my goodness. Isn’t she the most incredible thing you’ve ever seen? We named her Narnia. She was the runt of the litter. It might be hard to tell from the picture, but when we got her she [...]

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My Tussle With Adulthood

September 27, 2010

In my first post on the delay of adulthood, I’m worried that I came across as suggesting young people ought to grow up . . . in order to be more like me. I’m afraid I gave the impression that I have my act together — seeing as I have completed school, I’m (sort of) [...]

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What is the Worst Marriage Advice You’ve Ever Gotten?

September 21, 2010

A couple of times, Alisa at Project Happily Ever has asked her readers to share good marriage advice. People have always offered interesting and valuable stuff. I want to do something slightly different, though. There is so much relationship advice floating around out there, and plenty of it is bound to be dangerous, hilarious, and [...]

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Rethinking Adulthood

September 14, 2010

In my last post, I reflected on a recent New York Times article that explored the reasons behind the delay of adulthood among today’s twenty-somethings. I suggested that young people ought to be encouraged to grow up sooner rather than later. I got an email from my younger brother a day or two later, concerned [...]

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Do 20-Somethings Need to Grow Up?

September 8, 2010

In response to a New York Times article exploring how 20-somethings are taking longer to grow up, I consider the question of whether we ought to encourage this uncommitted meandering or rethink our ideas of adulthood.

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My Blog Philosophy in Ten Words

September 6, 2010

Recently, Scott from Journey to Surrender laid out the philosophy for his blog in exactly ten words, and then challenged me to do the same for my blog (I guess it’s like a Blog Thing that’s going around).  I really liked Scott’s ten-word summary, and decided that it would be a productive exercise for me [...]

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