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Dancing… or drinking through life

David Kuo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:05:22 +0000

I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I'm giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up. So Rod Dreher's sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here's his latest post (I think) There are 8 comments on it. As I scrolled down on his blogRead the full post here »

Back…

David Kuo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:44:56 +0000

I'm back here at JWalking after a bit of time because I just want someplace to record thoughts from time to time. I doubt that many of the thoughts will be political - there are plenty upon plenty of people offering their opinions on everything political and I doubt that I have much to add that will make any substantive difference anyway. What is fascinating to me these days is story. It hit me at some point in the past year that I didn't really know how to tell a story - at least not to my kids...

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Learning to tell a story

David Kuo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:01:41 +0000

For the last ten months or so I've been engaged in a completely different world - the world of screenwriting. It began as a writing project - probably the 21st Century version of a yen to write the great American novel - a shot at a screenplay. I knew that I knew nothing about the art but was inspired by a thought I'd been having over and over... were I to die my regrets would swirl around the stories I never told... stories that only I could tell. Isn't that a stirring thought? My stories. Roll...

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And just one more

David Kuo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:38:45 +0000

I have, I think, just one more round of chemo left. When I go through my pill popping regimen tomorrow morning it will be the last time for this particular round of drugs. Twenty-three rounds, it seems, is enough. What comes next? We'll go back to what we did after the surgery. We'll watch and measure and see if the remaining area grows any once we stop. If it does we'll probably need to zap it with radiation. That we will eventually have to do something else is likely because mine is a chronic...

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A Newfie for Obama

David Kuo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:25:10 +0000

NPR asked me to do a short memo to the president-elect. I chose to do it on the dog he should choose... and why. Check it out. ...

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“I wish I could see the angels”

David Kuo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:56:43 +0000

Livvy is going through an "I'm scared" phase at night. She wants us to sleep in her bed and check on her all the time. As I write, her shades are up, a little nightlight is on, and she's hugging her Raggedy Ann...and a dozen other stuffed animals... simultaneously. A few nights ago as I was tucking her in she said, "Daddy. I want to see the angels." I didn't quite get it. "I want to see the angels that protect me. That way I won't be so scared." I felt like saying, "Yeah, me too." But I don't...

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Awed by the visit

David Kuo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:32:27 +0000

Let the world meditate for a moment on this picture: What an amazing country we are. We aren't even up to the peaceful transfer of power moment. That is something extraordinary in its own right - something beyond extraordinary really. This was just the, "Hey, you just kicked me up and down the football field but you won. Why don't you drop by for coffee moment." I am struck...

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Living Bare

David Kuo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:28:54 +0000

Over the past few years, as I've lived with the brain tumor in my head, I've come across two fellow travelers - people who know, uniquely, the experience of living a life where your brain has already been picked. One woman, Alicia Sky Kunerth, as diagnosed with the worst of all possible brain tumors in 2002. The other gentleman was diagnosed with a less aggressive tumor in 2004. The latter man, David Welch, started a website...

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Battling blue

David Kuo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:57:54 +0000

I think I'm battling the blues... and wrestling with God. It is hard to figure out where one ends and the other begins. The blues part is fairly straightforward - nothing feels quite right, decisions are hard to come by, enthusiasm for most things is low... the blues. But so much of that feels like it is coming from this unexplained standoff I am having with God. And that, of all things, seems the silliest of all things. Why on earth am I on a standoff with God? What is there to be standing off...

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