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Freshly cut pineapple. Taking long walks. Intercourse. Acupressure. Car rides down bumpy roads. More walks. Visualization exercises. A hurricane named Michael. Another walk. It hasn't been 40 full weeks yet, but the baby is showing no signs of leaving its comfort zone. Hendrik - lovingly referred to as "the Muggo" - was born on week …
I woke up this morning at 4:55AM. I don't remember hitting the snooze, but I did. When the alarm sounded again at 5:00AM, I shot out of the bed immediately, realizing I hadn't left myself too much time to get dressed and out the door. At 5:15AM, I pulled into the lot at Carter-Finley Stadium …
Welcome to Muggo Shorts. These aren't like the other stories I write. These are quips, thoughts, ideas...whatever. But they're short. There's no moral. It's just something that struck me and I decided to write it down. Consider these to be poems. Hey, I'm a poet now! Enjoy. ________________________________________________________________ The words stream through the early morning …
Did you know that almost every day of the year is an official holiday? Not a government holiday where we get time off of work and spend it grilling burgers and playing cornhole in someone's back yard. But each day carries some sort of significant meaning. To whom? I couldn't tell you, but somebody decided that every little thing needed it's own day. Well, that's what I'm going to write about this week. Welcome to the definitive Official Daily Holiday Rankings.
Writing stories takes time. More time that I had originally estimated, to be completely honest. So while the goal was always to have at least one story per week posted on themuggo.com, the reality is that's really difficult to do with long-form articles. I was brainstorming at some point in the last few weeks and …
The power of one. In Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, habit number two goes like this: Begin with the end in mind. For someone like me, that idea is terrifying. I've never been great at goal-setting or planning ahead. So if I have a big task ahead of me, I …
Everyone does it. It's a natural and normal bodily function. Why some people find it funny is interesting. Why others cringe when they hear about it is also interesting. Here are three times in my life when I have been most greatly affected by poo. ____________________________ We stopped at Lowe's after church one day. …
Photo credit: Kaitlin Piofcyk - http://www.kaitlins-photography.com My buddy, Hugh, got married a couple weekends ago. I was in the wedding along with our other best friend, Grant. Hugh and Grant mean the world to me. So this week, I’m just going to retell stories of some of my favorite experiences with them, followed by …
PART I | PART II | PART III The following is Part III of a three-part story. Click above for Part I and Part II. _________________________________ Jim's career has been a wild ride. I mentioned before that he started with a bank fresh out of college. After four years he went to work for his …
PART I | PART II | PART III The following is part two of a three-part story. If you missed part one, well, you should probably start there. _________________________________ Let me start with some history. Jim's paternal grandfather came from a middle-class family. He went to a prominent public university and started his own garment …
