Right on our doorstep

So yesterday was January 11th which was the birthday of Mary J Blige and Rod Taylor (the actor from 'The Birds') But more significantly than that (sorry guys) it was National Human Tafficking Awareness Day. Human Trafficking has been the subject of quite a few discussion between Brittany and I recently, mostly because Brittany is writing her dissertation on the subject. If you are anything like me you probably thought you were 'aware' of human trafficking. But I wasn't really. I thought it was something that happened in Asia or somewhere like that but the truth is it is a problem on every continent in the world. It's a problem in Northern...

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Constipation of the Mind

You are reading this blog right now but to be honest you shouldn't be. The words you are taking in were not meant to exist. The reason being that when I set out to write this blog I had something completely different to write about. Something that I hope will eventually come out but I am struggling to write now. It's my mind constipation. The thing with writing or blogging is that it takes discipline. It requires making sure that for about an hour or so, three, four, five, gosh maybe seven days a week you sit down and right. It takes commitment. It takes patience and most of all it just takes action. You only write because you sit down and...

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New Year's Resolutions one week in/ Remembering how funny Flight of the Conchords is

It has been just over three years since I began this blog. A lot has changed. In one of my first blogs before a video of Flight of the Conchords I wrote this "Thanks to my friend Brittany for introducing me to these funny New Zealanders" My friend Brittany is now also my wife. Which is amazing and a lot to change in your life. Even though a lot has changed, a lot hasn't. I'm still working in the same job that I was three years ago, even though I have been wanting a change for a while. I still struggle to write even though I want to be a writer and in fact my blog posts was down in 2010 from 2009. I still struggle with my own self worth, with God, with love, with life. This is a late New Year's post but I am excited about the year coming up. Brittany and I have become part of a new Church...

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A New Year's Humbug

I'm not the biggest New Year's fan in the world. In fact it's safe to say I do a great Scrooge impression. It's just a week late. The last few New Year's I've just enjoyed being at home with some close friends and family and bringing the New Year in that way. But my problem with New Year's Eve isn't anyone else. My main problem with New Year's Eve is myself. With New Year comes the inevitable New Year's Resolutions. And with them comes the inevitable failure and let down. Most of the time if I make a resolution I end up making exactly the same resolution next year. So sure I maybe vow to run more and yeah perhaps for a week or two I do. But...

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