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Salt and Corruption

Henry Short had a family who cared enough to notice he was missing—and this made him unique.

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To Quit Drinking, I Had to Let Myself Be Bored

When I gave up drinking, I made a promise: “Don’t make a social media clout post about this when you reach your one-year anniversary.” Per usual, I was getting ahead of myself. I was also pretty hammered when I said it.

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When there was nothing left to say, we always had baseball

Baseball was a common language for my dad and me. So it was both sad and ironic when he died suddenly just a week before Opening Day this year. 

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10 Things I’ve Learned From A Decade of Lifting Weights

A letter to my 15-year-old self about fitness, health, and personal growth.

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