Way back in the day, when I was a young, spry booksofjobe.com and my wife and I first started sending out Christmas cards, I used to try and write little personal messages in them. Nothing major, just a couple of paragraphs on how my wife and I were, and some questions about the recipients—how theyContinue reading “The State of the Jobe Address”
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Optimism Can Be Exhausting
There are a lot of words that could be used to describe me. For the purposes of this post, though, the word we’ll go with is ‘mellow.‘ I may be cynical with a healthy dose of sarcasm, but on the whole I wouldn’t call myself overtly negative. I don’t think most people who know meContinue reading “Optimism Can Be Exhausting”
You Know Who Manages to Pull Off Some Pretty Wild Plot Twists? Life, That’s Who.
Up until maybe a year ago, I would’ve told anyone who asked that my life was really pretty boring. With an odd sense of pride I would’ve said my life contained zero drama, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I would write a little in the morning, go to work, write aContinue reading “You Know Who Manages to Pull Off Some Pretty Wild Plot Twists? Life, That’s Who.”
Oh My God, I’m 40
“I’m 40 now…I’m half dead, basically. 40’s a weird age. You get to this point where, like, you’re not old enough for anybody to give a shit that you’re old. Nobody’s like, ‘I helped a 40 year-old guy today, and it felt really good to do something for him.’ Nobody spends their holidays delivering hotContinue reading “Oh My God, I’m 40”
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