February 2012
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Words to Remember Every Day
This is a letter from my friend Matt. He wrote it in Sept. 2003 and passed away in February 2004. Every choice I have made or will make is based on this letter.
Written by Matt Lazzara (April 2, 1982 – February 15, 2004)
“this is all true. september 7th, 2003. the clock is ticking…
i don’t think a lot of people sit around and contemplate their lives. i mean, people think about their...
March 2011
2 posts
One More Day
2 years ago today, I found myself in court…
Feb 10th i was in a minor car accident that left me with a court date over a month away. Never in my life had I ever been in an accident and suddenly this intensely minor fender bender was holding on to my license for a whole month.
At that time in my career, i was an nontenured teacher and in the 3 years prior I had only taken more than one day...
File under: Things I have learned from working...
As a kid I would sit for hours looking on the sides of boxes of legos and tinkertoys, attempting to recreate the mega machines they were displaying. From the time they are born, kids are built to be machines of determination. In the history of man, there has never been a toddler who decided they were just not going to walk. They immediately take to trying physical tasks that appear to...
February 2011
2 posts
7 'n 7
If you made it through this week relatively unscathed and alive, consider yourself lucky as you have survived another year of knowing me.
In the last 7 years, I’ve had 7 people pass away this week.
In the first year 3 people died and every year after, 1.
Tomorrow I attend the wake for Aunt Barbara.
May we all get home safely.
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Words to Remember Every Day
This is a letter from my friend Matt. He wrote it in Sept. 2003 and passed away in February 2004. Every choice I have made or will make is based on this letter.
Written by Matt Lazzara (April 2, 1982 – February 15, 2004)
“this is all true. september 7th, 2003. the clock is ticking…
i don’t think a lot of people sit around and contemplate their lives. i mean, people think about their futures...
August 2009
5 posts
Day 3- Tempe Arizona- 8/11/09
Amy said it best.
If we ever colonized the moon, it would look exactly like Tempe, Arizona.
There is something so eerie about the ride from Flagstaff to Tempe. On our way to you coast on highways, past pueblos, cacti, desert, volcanic craters, green valleys, rocky mountains, red rocks and somehow end up in a cement flatland surrounded by expressways and speckled with palm trees. yes, palm...
Day 2- Grand Canyon 8/10/09
The best part of any vacation is thinking back over the day and trying to remember how it started. The trip to the Grand Canyon was supposed to be the pinnacle of our trip. The epitome of every good american road trip, to gaze into the belly of the river eroded beast in wonder. The problem is just that though, everyone from every country knows that this is an amazing landmark.
The accents around...
