White Hot Center: This is not really about a chair

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Right now, I sort of feel like my favorite chair just broke. I plopped myself down for a relaxing evening in front of the tube, and then bam! It broke and sent me tumbling to the floor. I trusted that chair to bear my weight. I trusted it to be solid and sturdy, to hold up year after year. But it…

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Wave on Flickr.

This shot nearly cost me my iPhone, which fell out of my pocket and into the water. I took the case off and dried it as best as I could. It’s working, for the most part. The power button is not working and the bluetooth capability works on and off.

Oh well! At least the photo turned out great :)

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Lifeguard off duty on Flickr.

Most awesome lifeguard hut on South Beach.

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Twilight palm on Flickr.

Here’s a pre-sunrise shot from the other day. Can’t wait to head to the beach this weekend and watch it take place all over again.

With all the chaos in my life, nature is the only thing that soothes me and makes me feel grateful to be alive.

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Starting the new semester with the right tools!

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When I first met my wife, the first question she asked was how to pronounce my name. Easy question, right?! It took me a few moments to figure out the answer to that question. Until that moment, I hadn’t realized that, growing bilingual, my name had been pronounced two different ways all my life! Now, I hear different versions of my name: Spanish version, Asian version, different versions in different English dialects,…

It seems that my name has its own existence now. What was supposed to form my identity, has developed one of its own! It is no more mine!

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Between an insatiable desire and a lack of discipline to write, tumblr is a compromise! 

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