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Freed: How I Lost God and Gained the World
From the time I was around nine or ten years old, I struggled with faith, or rather, I thought at the time that I struggled with faith. It all began after a bully bashed my head into the side of the...
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In the Beginning: How the World is Born
Sometimes I think that words are all we have. I was raised within the confines of a religion that believed in the power of words. John 1:1 stuck in my brain with the ka-thunking rhythm of a train on...
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My Dentist was a Sadist
I hate thinking about my teeth. I try to treat them well. I don’t brush them as often as I should, but I brush them enough. They are a touch yellow, but that’s what 21 years of smoking will get you. I...
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Oh, To Be A Drunk Methuselah
I was at work helping this elderly woman put on a pair of spring sandals. Normally, as a shoe salesperson, I leave people to put on their own shoes, because if they can’t put them on themselves, then...
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S/he: In the Beginning
At four and five years old, I liked to imagine myself all grown up. In my mind, I pictured my grown-up self as a paper doll. I put on a suit and a hat and added a briefcase. My shoes were shiny and...
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S/he: Stuck
The following post by Schmutzie is the second part in a two-part series. If you have not done so already, read the first part, S/he: In the Beginning. ______ Three days before my 14th birthday, one day...
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How I Became a Conflicted Omnivore
As an adult, it seems strange that there was a time when I did not know that the meat on my plate once mooed or bleated or clucked, but there it was. There is always the time before we knew something,...
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Sober Without God: Love, Honesty, and the Pursuit of a Good Life
I recently made the decision to join the ranks of the sober, having been a rather exuberant drinker for more than 20 years, and I have chosen to do it without Alcoholics Anonymous. This, it turns out,...
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It Gets Better
Dan Savage, most noted for his internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column Savage Love, started the It Gets Better Project in response to recent deaths within the LGBT community as a...
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You Aren’t Always What You Eat, Right?
See this picture? Funny story. I was taking the bus back to Regina from Saskatoon, and this guy sitting behind me was singing Journey songs out loud. At first, he was doing it really quietly under his...
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