Technology is Disappointing

I find most technology to be disappointing. We have been promised a transformed existence, full of powerful new experiences that were unthinkable before the time of computers in your pocket. For the most part, all we have gotten is faster versions of what we already had

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hello world.

Who are we? Great question. Unfortunately, we have been working on answering that since 2009 and we still have not come to a conclusion. My name’s Nick, and I met Kristin while I was a barista at Kade’s Coffee in Peoria, Illinois. I successfully caffeinated her, and as I recall, she fell hopelessly in love with me. We got married, joined the Teach For America Corps two weeks later, spent the summer teaching in Los Angeles while staying in dorms, and eventually moved to our first home in Minneapolis.

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Babysitting Co-op

We were asked to be a part of a babysitting co-op made up of four families and six kids. Let me explain what it is, and then you can be jealous. About once each month, everyone takes their kids to one family’s house at 4:00pm. Two couples stay there and watch the kids, feed them dinner, and keep them from

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Irrational Love

I couldn’t stop listening in on the conversation. She was flustered, he was laughing nervously. After a few clumsy minutes, she finally utters a complete sentence and the room went silent. “I, I, can’t believe we’re here. I just, I have to date you. You are perfect. You are funny, really smart, kind

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