Five Twenty-Three

“intentions” – I haven’t heard that word in a while. I’m not fond of it. It’s like a small, temporary fence that I always trip upon.
My reply from an e-mail conversation I had with a friend earlier in the week at 5:23a.
Its one of my best quotes ever.  The word has been on my mind [...]

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Bravery, Hope and Marriage

The thought of marriage is something I haven’t entertained since I was nineteen years old. I had moved to California and was missing my best friend Tiffany – we’d been companions for years and I thought that, if there was one person I would marry, it would be she. [...]

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Glass Houses and Brick Walls

“The guys worth dating aren’t hanging out in bars”, they said. “The guys worth dating are on-line now.” That’s how the story went.
The logic here is that the guys who are well read, have good jobs and own their homes are responsible enough to know that staying out and drinking throughout the week isn’t [...]

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Seeing Red

A lot of my time in Chicago was spent just walking. It’s my favorite way to get the feel of a city and when friends ask what I want to do when I arrive as an out-of-town guest, I tell them to carry on with their lives. I go walking.
This past Saturday I [...]

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Landmark Occasion

In 1986 I walked into Chicago’s Palmer House for the first time and found myself amazed with what I saw. Last night I walked into the Palmer House and found myself, once again, taken aback by what I was witnessing.
Landmarks Illinois hosted their annual Legendary Landmarks gala last night and I was fortunate enough [...]

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