Despair and Coffee is not dead. Look for the blog's return in the summer of '08 at its own domain ( DespairandCoffee.com ). Until then ...

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This is the inaugural issue of a bi-weekly carnival. The initial submission guidelines were broad, allowing posts dealing within the range of topics presented here at Despair and Coffee . In later issues I hope to revise the criteria for greater...

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My original concept for Despair and Coffee was to create a blog which reflected on the human experience and the typical anxieties accompanying it, nothing much more than that. I wanted to stay somewhat distant from issues of theology and politics since...
Topics: election 2008, libertarianism, politics, Ron Paul

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Random Magus recently tagged me with the Thinking Blogger Award , a meme created by Ilker Yoldas of The Thinking Blog . The rules, as outlined by Ilker, go as follows: If, and only if, you are tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you...

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In tough times the tendency is to rely on our closest friends for support and camaraderie. Life provides few people with whom we may reveal our true selves in unguarded confidence. For me, difficulties typically reaffirm how fortunate I am to have such...
Topics: relationships, retrospection

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