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Author: Justin Lauderdale

  • Apple Event 2025 Recap

    Apple Event 2025 Recap

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    Authors note: Pre-orders for the iPhones do not open until September 12th. Apology’s for any confusion It’s the annual September Apple event, where Apples unveils their newest line of iPhones, Apple Watches, and a look at the newest iOS features. This year Apple really needs to have smash the launch of the new products out…

  • How Wrestling Helped Me in my Daily Life

    How Wrestling Helped Me in my Daily Life

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    I, like many others, participated in sports growing up. There were three main sports that I enjoyed through my time in school: Cross Country, Track, and Wrestling. Wrestling is arguably one of the hardest sports out there. Because the spot is a combat sport, there is a lot of intensive training that goes into it,…

  • That Time I Tried to be a Twitch Streamer

    That Time I Tried to be a Twitch Streamer

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    I had a coworker talking to me about my writing the other day. During our conversation, he asked why I went for writing and not something more popular like content creation. The answer is simple: I tried it, and I wasn’t super great at it. Talking to him about my time trying to be a…

  • AHA! Moments That Make Teaching Fulfilling

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    There are little moments that you notice in teaching that can make the job either really fun or make you feel like you are actually making some sort of difference to a student. For example, there was a moment when my students realized that I was, in fact, bald. For a little bit of background,…

  • The First Year of Fatherhood

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    In a surprise to no one, fatherhood in the first year is tough. A lot of it is learning about you, your wife, and your new child (obviously). Even better, a lot of the things that you learn about your child will almost immediately change. My daughters first birthday is fast approaching, which is shocking…

  • A Loud Bang

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    I awoke to a loud bang on a door. The sudden noise almost jolted me out of my bed. I composed myself quickly and regained control of my breathing. Long, quiet, composed breaths. Silently, I arose from the bed and scanned the room. It was pitch black. The only light in the room came from…

  • The Chaotic World of Teaching Middle School

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    Around a year ago today, I completed my student teaching program and obtained my degree in English for Secondary Education. No, this is not a degree for teaching people how to speak English (that’s English as a second language), but rather a degree for teaching 6th-12th grade English. To complete this program, I had to…

  • Milo the Insane Tuxedo Cat

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    I have heard the phrase “your pet inherits your personality” a lot over the years, but I never really took it seriously. I had had a few pets, but I never noticed them change their identity to match my family. That was until My wife and I got Milo, Our lovely Tuxedo cat. For my…

  • We Have Lost the Plot on Car Infotainment Systems

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    I’m pretty sure everyone has a memory of driving down a calm road on a sunny day with their windows down and radio cranked up. Heck, Cruising with the windows down on a summer afternoon is almost therapeutic to me. A good radio in a running car can be a nice break from the daily…

  • Patience

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    Have you ever just sat at a counter and wondered to yourself what is going on inside this persons mind? I ask myself this a lot at my current retail job in a vape shop. The other day, I was working with a customer who was looking for a specific brand of disposable vapes. When…