Graduation: A Matter Of Degrees
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on May 14, 2013 - 10:35 a.m.
This past Sunday our oldest son graduated from Wabash College, a small classical liberal arts college that is unique in that it is all male. The education he received at ...
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Walk To Defeat ALS
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on May 8, 2013 - 2:13 p.m.
This Saturday is the Janesville Walk to Defeat ALS. Last year this event was a surprise for me as hundreds of family and friends came from near and far to ...
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My Sci-Fi Reality
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on April 9, 2013 - 10:53 a.m.
Science fiction is a genre that readily lends itself to movies and television, from the B-movies of the fifties to television episodics (1960's to present) to the summer blockbusters of ...
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The Tooth Fairy and The Tax Fairy
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on April 4, 2013 - 3:52 p.m.
Last night the Tooth Fairy made her 118th visit to our home. The going rate for a normal tooth is two dollars, front teeth are redeemed for more. Six kids, ...
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Donkey Basketball, Drama, and Unicorn Poop
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on March 26, 2013 - 5:32 p.m.
With a title like this, you really had no choice but to read this essay. And no I do not need to have my medication adjusted, I am not on ...
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Binding the Invisible Hand
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on March 16, 2013 - 9:54 a.m.
This past week I met with my speech therapist in anticipation of losing the ability to communicate. ALS will ultimately take away the agility to move my fingers for typing ...
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tick...tick...tick....tick
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on February 28, 2013 - 8:43 p.m.
My primary intent with this blog is, and has been, to share my journey with ALS. Sometimes my essays have diverged on tangents that amuse or interest me, and hopefully ...
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Lenten Journey
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on February 13, 2013 - 6:37 a.m.
Today begins Lent, the period in which Catholics prepare for the most important part of our faith, the suffering and crucifixion of Christ and His resurrection on Easter Sunday. As ...
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Call Waiting, It's the Vatican
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on February 11, 2013 - 11:13 a.m.
Pope Benedict XVI has decided to step down from his role as leader of the Catholic Church. In reading his statement, I was struck by his humility and prose. And ...
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Birthdays and Large Rodents
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on February 1, 2013 - 6:50 p.m.
The other day we celebrated our youngest's birthday; she turned nine. We met her just shy of her second birthday and were able to celebrate it with her at a ...
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It Is A Vicious Bi-Cycle
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on January 13, 2013 - 7:25 p.m.
Last month, with a few of my kids, we ventured out to the mall for Christmas shopping. Of course the mall was packed with anxious people racing around the maze ...
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Freedom to Roam
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on January 8, 2013 - 9:38 p.m.
My perception of my driving ability no longer accurately reflects my ability to drive perceptively. My reflexes have deteriorated to the point that I elected to discontinue driving last month. ...
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Belief
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on December 20, 2012 - 5:48 p.m.
Few things are more special than a child's belief in Santa Claus. I still remember the feeling of anticipation that coursed through my little body as I waited for the ...
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Christmas Thespians
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on December 17, 2012 - 6:24 p.m.
Our youngest children are still in elementary school and this past week we attended their Christmas program. Our youngest played a crow in the Rainbow Forest skit. Her brother was ...
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Zombie Apocalypse
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on December 11, 2012 - 7:28 p.m.
Philosophical theories that proclaim an inevitability component, hold that eventually these contrarian theories will be proven true, given enough time. In other words, the scruffy guy with the cardboard sign ...
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Life, Death, and Whack-A-Mole
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on December 2, 2012 - 11:30 p.m.
When we moved away to college, we were about eleven hours away from home, and living in a much larger city, Spokane. One of the best things about that part ...
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Thanksgiving
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on November 22, 2012 - 7:22 p.m.
I have always enjoyed Thanksgiving and it's piggyback long weekend. As a child I would awake to the smell of a slow roasting turkey that entered the oven in the ...
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Grade Tax
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on November 13, 2012 - 7:57 p.m.
It is great to see you after such an historic victory. You, as college students, have come out strong in support of your beliefs. The greedy rich are not doing ...
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Urban Day Out
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on November 11, 2012 - 9:49 p.m.
Urban Day Out Last Friday, I ventured out of my rural home and went to the big city. This is a reporting year, which means I have to report my ...
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I Know Not What Tomorrow May Bring
Posted by JAMES MARTIN on November 5, 2012 - 8:48 p.m.
Every year, our Tri-Parish Life Teen program does a fall service project called Cold Hands Warm Heart. The high school teens solicit donations for sleeping in cardboard boxes on a ...
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