Mark Hammerschmidt

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w, the dark side, and the youth of today

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 4:39 pm
My cousin recently wrote a blog post about how he believes the honesty of students is decreasing. He’s a teacher in the Midwest. He sees firsthand how the kids these days will not hesitate to cheat ...
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staying in

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:34 am
We’ve hit that time of year. You know what I’m talking about. The time of year when you drive to work in the morning in the dark and the sun drops from the sky without warning in the afternoon. Th...
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to the sea

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 4:15 pm
When the drummer banged the drum, we all started marching. Left. Right. Left. When the trumpets started blaring, we all did our best to focus. To concentrate. Left. Right. To avoid mistakes. Left. So...
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oh the things we'll do to avoid going green

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 7:03 pm
The recent tragedy that occurred in Fort Hood, Texas is a devastating example of what I was talking about here. George W. Bush (our former fearless leader) marched our troops into Afghanistan and Iraq...
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when you look at the stars, you look back in time

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 3:15 pm
I never really feel like I fit in. I never have. For some reason, wherever I am, I just don’t feel like I belong. (I take that back. The only place I’ve ever felt like I belonged was wandering ano...
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turn on lights, scatter

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 7:50 pm
We are cockroaches. None of this matters. Don’t believe me? See if you can find just one person at the grocery store to move their goddamn cart out of the way when you are trying to get to the ...
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breath turns to steam

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 11:12 am
I hate Utah. Not for the reasons you probably think. I mean, the religious right that dominate the politics of the state and the general attitude of the holier-than-thou faction is extremely annoying ...
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crimes of passion

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 9:22 am
My opinions of Obama have just stepped off a rollercoaster. Their feet are firmly back on the platform and they are trying to decide if they should climb back on. But after a ride or two, I’ve come ...
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rat cheese in the membrane

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 3:04 pm
So they arrested Tarek Mehanna. Congratulations are in order and lives probably saved. But what this mostly serves to illustrate is that we are fighting pointless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The War...
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the proverbial yin to my figurative yang

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 2:36 pm
One year ago today, Hollee and I got married in the San Diego County Courthouse right after a middle-aged gay couple and right before a young, hip lesbian couple. We were right where we wanted to be. ...
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put your pain in my backpack

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 11:27 pm
I’m not sure you can get it unless you have kids of your own. Maybe to a certain extent but certainly not all the way. There’s something about being a parent that tears down your walls as you do y...
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the american nightmare

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 3:37 pm
Somewhere along the line, the American dream has been molested. And if that weren’t bad enough, it’s also been bastardized and abused to a point beyond recognition. What do I mean? Don’t worry,...
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where nobody knows your name

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 10:44 am
This past weekend, Hollee and I hopped in the Element and took off an another semi-impromptu adventure. Our big 1-year anniversary is next weekend, but finding ourselves sans children this weekend, we...
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insurance companies kill his children

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 8:49 am
I have a few legitimate questions that most people avoid answering. Please, someone answer. How can you be anti-abortion and pro-war and anti-health care reform? How do you call yourself Pro-Life yet...
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superstar

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 8:47 pm
At night in his car, he becomes someone else. The person he always wanted to be. A dashboard drum solo followed by words that drip pain. On the freeway, the headlights are lighters, the road is the st...
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hey… you got your values mixed up in my morals

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 9:48 am
Recently my cousin made a statement that it’s too bad that my grandfather’s values didn’t stick to my dad so he wasn’t able to pass them on to me. Or something to that effect. Like somehow my ...
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land of libery, home of the sociopaths

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 6:21 pm
I sometimes flip over to bullshit conservative talk radio during commercials when I’m listening to sports talk. Today some local nobody was doing his best Glenn Beck impersonation, maybe hoping some...
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smoke from tailpipes like chimneys at dusk

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 5:52 pm
The stoplight like Christmas turns green and says “go.” GO!
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watch me pull a rabbit out of your 401k

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 12:58 pm
If you think about it, it really makes sense. What’s going on here is political slight of hand. The “conservative” leaders are attacking on two fronts—social conservativism and political conse...
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political stockholm syndrome

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 1:40 pm
Let’s try to break this down. Maybe we can figure it out together. I’m trying to understand how hard-working Americans, those in the middle- and lower-middle and lower-class income brackets, can s...
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myspace… a place for lovers

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 4:45 pm
I met Hollee on Myspace. I think that’s the first time I’ve publicly admitted that. But at this point in the game, what’s the point of pretending it’s anything other than it is? Which is a won...
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zion train

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 5:11 pm
When I was a kid, I’d spend a month or so of every summer in Cedar City with my grandparents. Looking back at those times, I have two or three memories that really stand out in my mind. For some rea...
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viva la resistance

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 11:18 am
I’m trying to understand this movement (or what’s the opposite of movement? resistance?). All that I can come up with is that it’s a sickness. Everyone is so concerned with things. How much ca...
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a convenient stand

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 7:14 am
How do you stand and declare Wal Mart to be corrupt and evil (which I don’t necessarily disagree with), and even go so far as to refuse to eat a piece of candy because someone else bought it the...
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keep the demon monkey president away from my kids

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 12:39 pm
My kids go to a brand new school. They don’t have the technology in place yet to watch Obama’s speech to school children. Therefore, we will watch it this evening as a family and discuss what was ...
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the names have all changed since you hung around

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 8:51 am
Our kids started at a brand new charter school last Monday. It’s been quite the experience. First they pushed the start of school back a week because the building wasn’t finished. Then we learned ...
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friends, romans, countrymen…

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 9:33 pm
We are at the verge of the fall of a nation. This is one step removed from stoning people in the town center. Republicans, how do you sleep at night? How do you look at yourselves in the mirrors? Yo...
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a crack on the head is what you get

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 28, 2009, 8:49 am
What do you think would happen to this country without Medicare? I had a nice chat with my wife’s grandparents last night about the state of the healthcare industry, which got me thinking (look out,...
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capitalism…

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 7:38 pm
I know most people will automatically write this off because it’s Michael Moore, but I think if people would listen to him, they’d find he actually makes sense. Sure, he’s a fat ass,...
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into the sea, you and me

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 17, 2009, 4:37 pm
Sometimes when the air gets heavy, you have to slip off the grid for a while. You catch my drift? You diggin’ me, cool cat? Cars and microwaves and school buildings are just things. They do not...
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we're such crazy babies, little monkey

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 13, 2009, 8:30 am
Last night after 6 years, 3 months, and 5 days, my son finally lost his shooting star virginity. It was a long time coming. He’d searched the sky for all his life, met with nothing but frustrati...
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spreading terror… the good ol' american way

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 11, 2009, 7:33 pm
You can tell that change is in the air. We are on the verge of something big. How do I know? As a nation, we are reverting back to our childhood. While most people act like children, that’s not exac...
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evoultion of belief

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 11, 2009, 10:04 am
I started a new blog to talk about religion. I’m not moving my religious thoughts over there because I feel any need to censor what I write here, but I’d like to build some sort of commun...
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false advertising

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 10, 2009, 1:10 pm
The thing that bugs me the most about the conservative talk show circuit (i.e., Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, etc.) is their peddling of the American ego. As a nation, we are addicted to it...
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a few more…

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 8, 2009, 10:08 am
Yes, folks, this is where you come to learn about Conor Oberst. I try not to just repost YouTube videos on this blog but I came across these and the production value is so good, I had to share. The fi...
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one of my kind

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 7, 2009, 12:32 pm
Take this into your weekend… Conor Oberst, One of My Kind. Download the documentary at Causecast.org.
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uncle sam wants YOU!

Mark Hammerschmidt posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 7:12 am
I have a suggestion for all the talking heads at Fox News who have a problem with Bill Clinton going over to North Korea and bringing back Laura Ling and Euna Lee… Feel free to head on over ther...
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