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Matthew Clapp
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
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O me! O life!
O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish. Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean,
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A Glorious Accident
During my first year at the University of Georgia, I remember flipping through a catalog of scientific books and videos. I was always on the lookout for something cool and exciting.
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I Was Clearly Upside Down
I read an amazing article two nights ago about an autistic savant that has the incredible ability to communicate his thought processes.
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Nepal or Tibet?
Another year, another airport. Well, I tried to be a full time employee for a while and it just didn’t work out. I think I was better off in consulting. The company and I parted ways amicably … as amicably as possible. As in all break ups, there are always
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The Betrayal of Love
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Hello 2005
I'm sitting in Reagan National Airport sipping my Angel Food smoothie from Smoothie King and wondering where the past 3 weeks have gone. I'm getting ready to fly back west to Cali after a long, strange trip. It seems like it was just yesterday that I
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Human Experimentation and Catholic Priests
Today I slept in until 4:30 pm. By the time I woke up, It was dark again. Faced with an odd dilemma I couldn't decide whether I was supposed to take a shower, or not. I've been washing my hands with this new soap with
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Looking Back On My Life
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Robert Bly's Sibling Society
I found Mr. Bly yanking the shadow out of me. In fact, I thought about throwing the book across the room a few times. However, such is often the case when a powerful author makes their point. To Bly the medium is the message. So, I suspect we won’t
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Stealing Home
Sometimes a movie becomes special and meaningful to us because we can identify with it and see ourselves in it. The movie Stealing Home is one of those for me. The acting is great and the underlying coming of age story is so simple and human that it just pulls