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• Knocking Down Novenas
  on Oct 14, 2015 in Careers Catholic Church New York
  In March of this year I wrote a post entitled He’s Not Your Average Joe where I talked about how I embarked on the St. Joseph Novena to find a job after working at my brother’s deli. At the point when I wrote the post I hadn’t recei...
• America’s Gettin’ A Carlyhorse
  on Oct 6, 2015 in politics Popular Culture Carly Fiorina Donald Trump Presidential Race 2016
  About a couple of weeks ago as I was heading upstairs to bed for the night, I noticed my Dad was watching the second Republican debate (hosted by CNN) and invited me to watch. I declined as I was too tired and a little uninterested. Then on my own ti...
• Foolish for Francis
  on Sep 27, 2015 in New York Pope Francis
  So this past Friday I, along with two brothers, two sisters, and a couple of friends, made the long journey into the city for the Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden. From last week’s post I was under the impression that I wouldn’t get a...
• Ramblin’ Man
  on Sep 16, 2015 in New York Work
  So…there’s this routine I have in place whenever I’m driving home in the afternoon. At the end of the work day I’m usually a little tired and a little annoyed of facing the late afternoon traffic rush in the Bronx. It’s...
• The Jenner Question
  on Sep 8, 2015 in Catholic Church Marriage Popular Culture
  So back in May of this year I found myself seated in St. Patrick’s Cathedral during Adoration. It was right before the Young Adult Mass (hosted by CatholicNYC) was about to be celebrated. As I sat alone in the silence, I calmly worked over the...
• It’s the Little Things
  on Sep 1, 2015 in Faith New York Work
  So as this summer comes to a close with Labor Day this upcoming weekend, I have to admit that I got lazy. I mean they call it lazy summers for a reason, but with me it was on a whole other level. When I came back from a trip at the beginning of July...
• Learning to Hush the Rush
  on Aug 22, 2015 in New York
  On Thursday night I found myself in midtown Manhattan, walking amongst 1,000 people. I was trying to make it to a meeting, and there were just so many people. Every one was in a rush to get to their destination. It was around 6:30pm so I was looking...
• Summer Movie Movements
  on Jul 31, 2015 in Millennials Popular Culture
  Last Sunday I continued my summer movie watching schedule by purchasing a ticket with my sister to watch “Paper Towns”. Back in May when I entered the local theater to watch the explosive Avengers: Age of Ultron movie, I saw a trailer for...
• Marriage Material
  on Jul 24, 2015 in Marriage Work
  A couple of weeks ago while at work, I inserted 1.50 into the vending machine to get a bag  of Sour Cream and Onion Wheat Thins. When I went downstairs I offered some to my co-worker. She politely declined but then proceeded to say, “Wow John,...
• Toddlers, Tantrums, and Targets
  on Jul 15, 2015 in Children
  About five or six years ago a new shopping mall was coming to my area, in a neighborhood about 4 or 5 miles from my house. Once I heard that a Target was going to be opened at the mall I was overjoyed, because that store is so Midwestern and I was ex...

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