My Damaged Heart: Surgery Blog – Part 1

This is very difficult for me, because I have no idea what I’m going to write.  I usually have a few points; a few ideas or moments I want to convey before I sit down for something like this.  But I’ve not a single moment that stands out among the rest.  This is kind of the reason I am doing this; to connect back to it, to embrace it, to understand what made a difference and where I detached.  My therapist tells me this is important.  I agree.  I wasn’t going to do this.  I never seem to write about the big, huge events in my life.  Not because I intentionally try to avoid them, but because by the time

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It’s Election Day

So, duh, it’s election day. I’m not going to tell you to vote, you already know what to do. As someone said recently, if you choose not to vote, then that IS your vote. I chose not to vote every year prior to this year. But I was inspired this year and I see a real chance for change. Yes, I’m voting for Obama. And while I hope you do too, I’m more interested that you feel compelled enough to be involved. So if you did vote or will vote later today, then congratulations and my personal thanks goes out to you for being involved. Now, to the McCain supporters out there, I also hope you voted. I really hope

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Two Important Videos For You

I have two important videos for you to watch. First is my favorite moment of last night’s McCain appearance on Letterman. The second video, and perhaps the most important of the two, is Penn Jillette rambling on for awhile (a necessary evil to make his point clear) before getting to his point, reminding ALL OF US that despite how wrong one of these politicians are, they aren’t acting with malicious intent. Please share this video if you agree with it.

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