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• I’m Back

  Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 10:27 in ac dc, back in black, choked out, house parent, houseparent, last day of school, launch's corner, network, ross knotts, summer

  Feels like forever since I’ve had a chance to sit down and blog something. But I’m back after a week and a half of dealing with the last day of school, failed assanation attempts, two fune...

• I’m Sorry, Seriously Dude…

  Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 19:34 in 2pac, body piercing, cemetery, coup de grâce, f word, family teacher, house parent, houseparent, houseparent network, i was wrong, launch's corner, Marijuana

  The following are some lessons I learned the hard way, some of them I did (I’ll never tell which ones) and some were committed by other residential staff. Enjoy the following painful lessons of ...

• Paranoia

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 21:18 in avett brothers, camels, entrepreneur, house parent, houseparent, houseparent network, launch's corner, paranoid, ross knotts, tequila

   Paranoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a perceiv...

• Back To The Trenches

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 06:38 in devotional, gak, hope, houseparent, hp, jail, launch's corner, ministry, payable on death, peer pressure, pod, prayer

  Crank up the volume and play it loud and proud, the kids will think your cool for jamming to P.O.D. Show ‘em how a HP can rock out. I’m actually thinking of doing a devotional with the kid...

• “Imagine Me”

  Posted on Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 17:56 in baby sitting, house parent, houseparent, imagine me, kirk franklin, launch's corner, minister, prison, white trash

  Sadly, I had to deal rather ruthlessly with a co worker today who swore that one of his kids was destined to be nothing more than white trash. I really hate dealing with stupidity when I’m off. ...