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Quotes

Dominic — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:23:00 -0500

One can not think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.

– Virginia Woolf

Being a gentleman requires manners and kindness. Nothing more, nothing less.

– Thomas Maier

Stuff Dominic Eats

Dominic — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:03:00 -0500

As many of you may know, I can be a bit of a food snob.

This mostly stems from my long-time love of all things food, combined with not wanting to spend my hard-earned money on mediocre grub.

Since many of my favorite food places tend to be somewhat off the beaten path, several of my friends have encouraged me to write about these places.

So, without further ado, allow me to direct your attention to the newly-started blog:

Stuff Dominic Eats

… where I will share my opinion on various food-related establishments and menu-sources, both good and bad (I’m hoping mostly good) for all the world to read.

Bon appétit.

P.S.: It feels good to write again. ;)

March 6th 2005

Dominic — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:19:00 -0600

I can’t believe it’s been 5 years. Since I got the email from a friend asking if I knew where John was. Since I got that nagging feeling in the back of my gut that something was wrong.

Later that day I received another email and the nagging feeling turned into pain. Anger. Sadness. Grief.

John was dead. He was swept away and buried 4 feet under by an avalanche while, ironically enough, taking an avalanche safety course.

He was one of my closest friends, a strong Christian brother and one of my earliest mentors, continually challenging me to grow and mature in my faith.

It would be a lie to say that time has healed all the pain, but I look forward to the day when we will meet again.

Friday morning Hangover

Dominic — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:32:00 -0600

LOUD ANNOYING SOUND. (stupid alarm clock. smash.)

Light. (why did I open my eyes?)

Pain. (ugh. what’s that all about?)

Yes. I woke up with a hangover this morning. After one glass of wine last night. (Clearly my tolerance is, well, non-existant.)

But I had a great time. Because last night was my 27th* birthday celebration — the invitation set the tone for the evening:

We’re celebrating Dominic’s 27th^* birthday with dinner at NoRTH!

Our friend is getting older,
It’s time for us to say:
“Happy Birthday, Dominic!”
In the nicest way.
So we’re taking him to dinner
Because we all like food-
NoRTH’s the place he’s picked to go
Because it tastes so good!
Our friend he has requested,
That rather than a gift,
You bring a piece of powetwy
To grace our dinner with!
So come meet us on Thursday next,
One half-hour before eight-
And please we ask you - for Dom’s sake -
Oh please, just don’t be late!

There was much merriment had — it was wonderful to spend the evening with some great friends. Several people also brought poems, just as Emily had requested in the invitation.

Kelly and Marianne spent the time waiting for us to be seated to write their own little impromptu poem:

Dom, you used to be my neighbor…
That’s so cool, did you play with light sabers?
But then you up and moved, and I was sad.
Ah man, why’d you have to make her feel so bad?
And then you went and bought a big-ass truck…
Whoa, you just made Kelly Kemp say “ass”… what the f….
… but I’m still glad you’re my friend.
Alas, this poem must come to an end.

The food was delicious. (If anyone wants to go back there again for dinner, please let me know. I’ll be happy to come along for company. ;) Since we had reservations and it still took a while to get us seated, we were given a number of free appetizers when we first sat down. the Bruschetta with whatever was on it was DELICIOUS! (As was pretty much everything else there. Yumm.)

Krista brought the next poem — Spring, by Gerard Manley Hopkins:

NOTHING is so beautiful as spring—
  When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
  Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;
  The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, they brush
  The descending blue; that blue is all in a rush
With richness; the racing lambs too have fair their fling.

What is all this juice and all this joy?
  A strain of the earth’s sweet being in the beginning
In Eden garden.—Have, get, before it cloy,
  Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning,
Innocent mind and Mayday in girl and boy,
  Most, O maid’s child, thy choice and worthy the winning.

Dessert was just as good as the meal — alas, the Tiramisu had too much caffeine in it, and I was unable to finish it without staying up all night.

All in all this goes down in history as one of the best birthdays I’ve had. Thank you so much all of you that came, it is truly a blessing to be surrounded by you guys.

(^* Actual age may vary.)

Updates

Dominic — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:23:00 -0600

I realise it has been entirely too long since I’ve written anything of interest on this blog… For a while, I was posting every 4 weeks or so, but it has been in excess of 2 months since my last post….

This is because I’m the king of starting blog entries on thoughts, and not finishing them. I kid you not, I have at least 10 blog entries in various stages of completion - all but the “finished” stage.

This is not a new years resolution, but more a challenge to myself to be a more active writer. It is an outlet for thoughts that I enjoy, but not one that I use enough.

Feel free to start hassling me if I go too long without writing….

Autumn

Dominic — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:09:00 -0500

Last night, the open windows in my house dropped the inside temperature to 78 degrees, colder than it has been in my house since, well… probably April.

(the A/C is set to 82, atrociously hot for most of you, I know - but even then, there were days my A/C ran for 14+ hours/day this summer)

As I left for work this morning, it was 60-something outside. Almost chilly. Fantastic.

Despite having gotten partially acclimated to Texas weather, I’m still a northerner at heart. Give me frost breath and thick wool sweaters any day.

I’m looking forward to sitting on the back deck around a fire pit, hot chocolate in hand.

Perspective

Dominic — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:51:00 -0500

As it’s nearing midnight, and I’m sitting here at work I am reminded of a comment a friend of mine made to me:

It’s all about perspective.

Especially when you’re in the midddle of chaos, frustration or what-have-you — it’s easy to lose perspective on things.

But that’s also the time when it’s the most important to keep perspective, but also the time during which it’s the easiest to lose.

It seems that particular point will be a continual struggle for me — what about you?

Thanks, friend, for reminding me.

Modern biblical women?

Dominic — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:43:00 -0500

After reading some interesting entries on the girl talk blog - I have a few food-for-thought questions for the handful of girls that actually read my blog.

Many Christian girls have a view of life where marriage is equated with the beginning of motherhood - you marry, and… the babies. Your life afte marriage is spent rearing and caring for children, at least until they move out. (And yes, I am generalizing here.)

In the Bible, Proverbs 31 describes what a “worthy woman” is to look like - a much different description than being a “baby factory.”

In the description, the woman is a craft maker, property manager, clothier, she cares for the needy… the list goes on.

My first question is: What does a modern ‘Proverbs 31’ woman look like? Do you all think that the purpose of life after marriage is by-and-large to have children, raise and care for them?

What about situations where the woman might have a better job, more income, etc - should there always be “stay at home moms,” or can “stay at home dads” substitute? (This could be challenging, depending on the man, I’m sure)

What about career - does your career end when you have kids? Does your career end when you get married? (I would think no to the latter)

I strongly believe that it’s the parents job to raise children, not nannies/daycare/school/teachers - how do you balance raising kids with work… or is a balance even possible? Afterall, raising kids and running a household is a full time job (or more than a full time job.)

Thoughts? Ideas? Opinions? Comment below.

Guys' night

Dominic — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:39:00 -0500

The greater friend group that I am with, has biweekly get-togethers at a local watering hole which are used to discuss various topics.

I understand the desire to have the forum be gender-based. Guys can talk in guy terms. But often, it seems to me, we end up lacking a critical point of view - the opposite.

So I pose this question to you readers:

What is the proper forum, or how does one arrange a proper forum, for a mixed-gender group to discuss various topics, be it worship, dating, quiet time or what have you?

Beer welcome.

Emotional Needs

Dominic — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:47:00 -0600

As part of my therapy sessions, we’ve been discussing emotional needs.

One of the statements made, is that in order to have a relationship between two people, you have to really understand and buy into the following three statements about emotional needs:

Everybody has emotional needs
It is okay to have emotional needs
It is good to have your emotional needs met

By “understand” I don’t just mean that you have to read them and agree to it on some superficial level - you have to really believe it. In your heart, not just your head.

From this list:

Attention
Acceptance
Appreciation
Affirmation
Affection
Comfort
Encouragement
Respect
Security
Support
Understanding

… it appears that my top three emotional needs are respect, acceptance and understanding.

What are yours?