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I am not a Catholic.
I have never attended a Catholic service.

I spent four year studying at a Jesuit college, that is my only experience with the religion / faith.
I worked part time, I attended school part time, I did that pattern year round (summer too).

I saved a bundle of cash by spending the first four years at a community college doing the exact same thing: working and learning.

Eight years total I spent at higher education, each ...

Here is the worst story I have from K-12, bar none.

In public school: I attended 3rd grade while in 2nd grade, and 6th grade while in 5th grade.
As a bored, intelligent kid with an undiagnosed learning disability I was either excelling or failing.

For one year during Jr High I attended a private High School.

At that private school there were two young men who had some form of disability.
Looking back, one was likely severely autistic, and ...

As I contemplate Black History Month I reflect upon the lessons I learned from Furry Lewis.

I had to wrestle with the man.

From love at first sound, because his ocean of noise was so mesmerizing.
To revulsion and disgust, as I absorbed the lyrics of an old man loving a young girl.
And slowly with understanding, back to love for Furry's music as I forced myself to understand his moment in time.

He was a man with a foot in two eras.
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I learned more about the Isle of Lesbos,
By studying the statistics of West Seattle and Vashon Island,
Than I ever did in a Classics class.

The first lesson was, self-segregation.
The second lesson was, wealth.
The third lesson was, percentages.
The fourth lesson was, safety seeking.
The fifth lesson was, some might argue that lesson 1 and lesson 4 are the same.
The sixth lesson was, et cetera.

[Said by a man who bears ...

My writing process for this blog (and forum posts) is worth explaining.

I gather my thoughts and I write / publish a first draft.
Then I spend a while editing it for content, grammar, et cetera.

If I am recounting something from memory, I constantly think about it to see what my brain churns up once I see it all written down.
I make corrections as needed, as the distant past is jogged into the present.
I strive for accuracy.

I've ...