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Daddy post.

Ha, Ha!  Hope I got you going for an instant.  I am not (to my knowledge) going to be a father any time soon! 

I am, however, going to shamelessly let you all know what the haps are in the little lives of the Killians. Every now and again I think a newsy post should be in order.  Comment if you’d like, but I’d rather that those of you inclined to prayer would add a few of these things to your list. 

1.I’m still teaching my guts out at Gulf Breeze High School.  I say “teaching my guts out” because this is year 4 for me, and I am quickly burning out.  Lots to do.  Incidently, I got to break up a fight today–my first in a public school–and that proved to be pretty thrilling.

2.Haley is incredibly excited about the new Yankee Candle Co. coming to Cordova Mall. It looks as though she is going into management there!  She loves that place, and she always comes home from work smelling like a candle.  It’s great!

3.Back to the subject of burn-out.  It seems Someone is directing me to pursue more education.  I am striving to get into a Ph.D. of Theatre program at LSU, Ohio State, IU, or Univ. Louisville.  Prayers would be nice on this front.  If I am accepted into any of these programs, Haley and I would relocate and have to start from scratch.  I have a great wife who is willing to follow me anywhere!

4.I picked up another teaching job on the side.  I will be teaching a couple of adjunct Theatre classes at PJC in the spring.  It will be nice to teach in field at that level again, and the pay ain’t bad either.

5a.I have decided to grow the most hideous beard imaginable.  No competition.

5b.This week, I was hired as freelance journalist for Ballinger Publising.  They publish several magazines about business in Northwest Florida. The pay’s good for a beginner, and I look forward to gaining some journalistic experience.

There was more…but I must be too exhausted to remember…more will come.

This I Believe–I think…

In the 1950s, noted journalist Edward R. Murrow hosted a radio program called “This I Believe.” This program gave its listeners a voice and an insight into other’s voices by asking each of its contributers to write a 500 word essay that identified their core beliefs and ideals.

NPR has brought this program back in the form of a short segment that airs as a part of “All Things Considered”, NPR’s daily news show.  Currently, “This I Believe” has issued a call to its listeners to write their own 500 word essays and submit them to the show for consideration to be heard on the program.  Several times I have sat down and tried to clearly accomplish this challenge, and each time I have failed miserably.  So I present the challenge to you.

If you had to tell someone what you believe in with only 500 words, what would you say?  How would you explain yourself?  What would be the important thing that you would want to communicate to the world, the thing that really guides and shapes your life? Try it, you might find it harder than you think.

Here’s a list of topics that I’m guessing you would write about:

1.Andy believes in music.
2.Bethy believes in children, or true love; not sure which one, yet.
3.Marlo probably believes in some variation of the Apostles Creed.
4.Chris believes in the power of the human spirit.
5.Cooper believes in the power of satire, or John Piper; jury’s still out.
6.Kelly Coop believes in the magnificience of nature, or white cats named Spooky.
7.Jill believes in her relationships.
8.Dan believes in being a yellow head in a city of “yellow” people.
9.Ang believes in herself.
10.Kinsey believes in the power of the Groovy Green Dress.
11.Meghan believes in Betty Davis.
12.Honour is going to fistfight Justin over the “power of satire” belief.
13.Jesse believes in technology. (Kip: “I love technology…”)
14.Steve R believes in abandoning Xanga (praise you!).
15.Gallo believes in objectivity.
16.Ren believes in education.
17.Ironically enough, Karen believes in dreaming.
18.My wife believes in me.

That’s not at all a comprehensive list, so if I forgot you please don’t get mad. 

Click here for some previous essays.Š

Saved

For a few moments during our college years, Dan Murray had me convinced that my songs were worth listening to.  He has that knack; he can bring the best out of the mediocre.  I have to say that I miss those recording sessions in dorm rooms, at the pier, and anywhere else Dan could get enough power to support his rack of equipment.

It will be great to see Dan in a few days, even if only for the sake of those wonderful Saved memories. 

Did you know you can listen to some of our music online?  Check it out.  Click here…

The times, they are a changin’.

I’ve installed the latest version of WP, and this unfortunately cost me the old Killiansight design.  I figure it was time for a change anyway; I’m just not sure what I should change to.  Any suggestions for a new look for my blog?

By the way, the Pecos Bill thing is going very well, but I am hesitant to put any more of it online.  Call me paranoid, but I am afraid of getting my work stolen.