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My Everyday Life
Each one of us is dealt a unique set of odds. Follow Jon, Emily, Alex, Molly, and Rachel as they navigate the odds of their everyday lives.
TUESDAY - 29 ACROSS: CROSSING PATHS IN MUMBAI
As my friends and I were peeling out of Colaba in a taxi that smelled like feet, the terrorists were very likely on their way in. We would later learn it was a near perfect miss.
MONDAY - THE RE-EDUCATION OF JON PITTS-WILEY: A THOUSAND WORDS
When Juice breaks free of that wombly bondage, The Feath and I will continue to support her freedom-fighting efforts despite my reflex to post everything she ever does on Facebook. And my blog. And my other blog. And Twitter. And some platform that hasn't even been invented yet.
THURSDAY - KNOCKED OFF BALANCE: THE HARD TRUTH
When I map out my family’s weekly schedule I literally give myself a headache. We’ve turned ourselves into scheduling contortionists to avoid putting our children in full-time day care.
WEDNESDAY - LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM HERE
As an officer I am bound by my position to never express a political opinion outside that of the US Army's public affairs message. But, given my anonymity on this blog, I am free to express a few thoughts I have been having.
TUESDAY - 29 ACROSS: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF BEING ALONE
Living alone is full of tiny highs and lows, primarily I think because there isn’t anyone around to diffuse things.
MONDAY - THE RE-EDUCATION OF JON PITTS-WILEY: THE NATURE OF DREAMS
Are you allowed to be a dad if you're afraid to go to sleep because you're worried about having bad dreams?
FRIDAY - MAKING ROUNDS: PARENTS AND DOCTORS DON’T ALWAYS AGREE
You could be the best doctor in the world, but your patients won’t benefit if they don't follow your advice. And there's no class in med school on convincing patients to listen to doctors.
THURSDAY - KNOCKED OFF BALANCE: THE YELLER
One of my absolute worst attributes as a parent is my occasional inability to control my temper. I’m not a raging lunatic, but I do tend to yell.
WEDNESDAY - LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: GUTS, GLORY, AND GUMMY BEARS
I used to love doing foot patrols. They are always shorter, get you out of the tent, out of the vehicles, stomping through the fields, M4 in hand with a canteen full of water and nothing but whispering breeze in the trees and the absent background chatter of the man-packed radio.
Archives
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2010
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May
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Between Health Care and a Hard Place
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: How Many of Us Have Them?
- Friday - Making Rounds: Time to Worry About Myself
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Anatomy of a Tantrum
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Things Have Changed
- Tuesday - 29 Across: New Kid On the Block
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Sock It to Me
- Friday - Making Rounds: Loss
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Moving On?
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Staying Connected
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Crossing Paths in Mumbai
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: A Thousand Words
- Friday - Making Rounds: Is It Worth It?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Hard Truth
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Perspective From Here
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Ups and Downs of Being Alone
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Nature of Dreams
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April
- Friday - Making Rounds: Parents and Doctors Don’t Always Agree
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Yeller
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Guts, Glory, and Gummy Bears
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Once Upon a Bloody Spring Dawn
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: If I Could But Forget
- Friday - Making Rounds: Life? What Life?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Deep Thoughts
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Running in Circles
- Tuesday - 29 Across: This Just In: It's Not Easy Being Green
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: One Month Later
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Never Enough
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: "Sir, We Have Something"
- Tuesday - 29 Across: “You’ll be a Bette Davis in Boston.”
- Monday - The Re-education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The $64,000 Question
- Friday - Making Rounds: On
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Goodbye Big John
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Killing Time
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Other Women
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Great
- Friday - Making Rounds: Do No Harm
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Molly, Master Painter
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March
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Path Not Taken
- Tuesday - 29 Across - Gotta Hit the Sauce: Tales of a Crossword Addict
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Right on Time
- Friday - Making Rounds: White Coat Imposter
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: What Mothers Give Up
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Sphincter Control
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Crazy Enough
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts Wiley: Can I Holler?
- Friday - Making Rounds: Baby Steps
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Nature or Nurture?
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Skirmish—Avoiding The Hurt Locker
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Let's Call Him Oliver
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon-Pitts Wiley: Controversy
- Friday - Making Rounds: Lookin' for Specialty Love
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Cold Feet
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: The Burden of Leadership
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Daughter
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Well of Woman
- Friday - Making Rounds: Class Rank and File
- Thursday - Knocked off Balance: Guilt—a Way of Life
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Baptism by Fire
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Happy Birthday to Me—Twenty-Fine
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Juicy Fruit
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February
- Friday - Making Rounds: My First Time
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Jockeying for Position
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: In Country
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Plus One
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Lessons of a Feather
- Friday - Making Rounds: "It's Just Like Grey's Anatomy!"
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Doing Time
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Flashback
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Reluctant Bostonian
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Odds of Me
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May
