Monthly Archives: October 2024

My Computer Crashed!

Posted on October 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Well, OK, it didn’t exactly “crash.” I mean, there was no hole in the wall. There were no other bleeding computer owners standing around threatening to sue my pants off. Seven years (and one computer) ago, I somehow managed to … Continue reading →

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Love. Before It’s Too Late.

Posted on October 22, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir My dad, Bill Teemley, was ambitious, hard-working, and deeply conservative. I was a wildly liberal almost-23-year-old with a “useless” Theatre Arts degree and no job, who’d recently moved back in with the folks. Not surprisingly, a massive wall of … Continue reading →

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Opinions!

Posted on October 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

“My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right!” ~Ashleigh Brilliant “I dislike you for the same reason I dislike Former Me and Future Me – because they disagree with Current Me!” ~Mitch Teemley Thought for the … Continue reading →

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God Is Not “Safe”

Posted on October 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

How do you know if your god is false? Short answer: If they are only there when you want them to be, and consistently perform as you expect them to, you’re probably worshipping a god of your own invention. In … Continue reading →

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Our Greatest Enemy

Posted on October 19, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Our greatest enemy lives in the mirror.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Divine Delusions

Posted on October 19, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: deviantart.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Entangled in the tentacles of a monstrous Questing Beast, Gina has cried out for help … Continue reading →

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Perfectly Timed Photos

Posted on October 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

Life, as mentioned in my previous Capturing the Unexpected photoblog, is sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, and always just a little bit weird. Why? It’s because we’re weird! We find comedy in calamity, meaning in meaninglessness, and truth in absurdity. Coincidence? … Continue reading →

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Piercing the Darkness

Posted on October 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Age of Anxiety A true story Months before I entered the tunnel of despair, I’d sat on the roof next to my second storey apartment window reading a collection of Jesus’ teachings. His words had burned a hole in … Continue reading →

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Where You Live Matters

Posted on October 16, 2024 by mitchteemley
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My Life Was a Farce

Posted on October 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image: Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire My Real Memoir I had the worst employer ever: Me. My micro-career in directing musicals for dance studios had produced exactly nada buckaroos, and my micro-career in producing rock bands had resulted in precisely zilcharooney. My dad, who’d … Continue reading →

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