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datittle
Los Angeles, CA
A life-long overachiever constantly blindsided by his human limitations.
Interests: selling, singing, writing and anything that involves competition (friendly or otherwise) and/or getting dirty (in the non-metaphorical sense of the word).
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"…and the prisoners were listening to them."
In the last few days, while all the madness, joy, anger and mayhem caused by the Supreme Court's Marriage Equality decision has been swirling, I've found myself repeatedly returning to one of my favorite passages in the Bible, Acts 16:20-34. I've said my piece about how I view the SCOTUS... Continue reading
Posted Jul 1, 2015 at My Point Is...
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wow…that's a hefty compliment…I don't know if I know enough about what the world should be like to want any responsibility for changing it! But if they speak to you, or help you speak to others, I'll count it as a move in the right direction. Thank you for your comment...
Is it just me, or were most of those guys douchebags?
Perhaps because of my slightly unorthodox approach to my faith, I get myself into a lot of really interesting conversations with people who are not Christians. While those discussions run the gamut of topics and formats, many of the questions I get revolve around how Christians can be so…well…u...
Wow…I'm…fuck it, I don't know what to say.
i love you. How about that?
some little things
Today, I bought a pumpkin spice latte and it made me want to cry. I didn't then, but later, as I sat on the plane drinking it, I gave in. I had forgotten how much my father liked them. The shallow worldly things he allowed himself to like were so rare, and the memory of that little grin he'd...
This. Is. Perfect.
I miss him, too…but I miss him pissing me off and vice versa as much as I miss him laughing.
He was not a tame lion.
why my father doesn't live in my heart or head...
...at least not exactly. so I think I'm done with posting this to my facebook, and maybe knowing that will make me feel a little less... shouty? I miss my dad. I miss him like you miss someone that's gone on vacation, and I'm not sure what to do about that feeling. I can nudge myself closer to...
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Jun 29, 2015
Is it just me, or were most of those guys douchebags?
Perhaps because of my slightly unorthodox approach to my faith, I get myself into a lot of really interesting conversations with people who are not Christians. While those discussions run the gamut of topics and formats, many of the questions I get revolve around how Christians can be so…well…unChristianlike. My... Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2015 at My Point Is...
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Love this!
In the balance - 1st Draft
---- sometimes the truth is hurtful and it hurts people to know it or see it ---- and it's not the truth really but a story a person has told themselves about what that truth really means about them about their value --- tell someone the truth and that will tell them a story. --- I say...
On marriage equality...
This is a post I shared on Facebook after SCOTUS's decision legalized gay marriage across the Unites States…I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but I will say that I felt I had to from the deepest part of my heart…the part where God tugs at me and pushes... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2015 at My Point Is...
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Blessed are the Doubters and Skeptics...
I was a smart kid. (I have no real way to prove that, so you’re just gonna have to take my word for it.) I’ve spent a lot of my life apologizing for that, which is probably a post in and of itself. But, for the purposes of this episode,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 13, 2014 at My Point Is...
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Why am I here?
Nothing like a good open-ended question to kick off a blog, right? A question people (many far more intelligent and qualified than I) have been asking themselves for centuries? Even better. After all, if it's good enough to kick-start religions, write constitutions and induce dramatic life changes, it should be... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2014 at My Point Is...
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Apr 10, 2012
Flying standby...
An airport is a painful place to be if you're not sure when you're leaving it. I spent seven hours in the Tampa Bay airport on Sunday, waiting to come home. On standby. I got there at 11 a.m., hoping to catch a 1 p.m. flight to Atlanta, thinking if I could just get there, I'd have more options to carry on to Los Angeles. But apparently, Atlanta is a popular option for people with confirmed tickets and, after working through it with a patient woman behind a counter, it became clear my only hope was the one direct flight... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2010 at Taproot
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Dressing Up
October 31st. A day for tricks, treats and bags full of candy. A day for ghosts, witches and all the other bogey men we're supposed to be afraid of the rest of the year. An honest day, a day when most people admit they wish they were something else. Even then, we will not always be what we wish we could be. Our choices will be limited by budgets and time. Some of us will have the choices made for us, and will be dressed up in whatever costumes our parents pick out for us...ballerinas, cute little bumblebees, pint-size vampires,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2010 at Taproot
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Trophy
Posted Oct 18, 2010 at Taproot
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I have atrophy and you're getting aplaque! Yay, us!
Graduation
It's occurring rather quietly, so I will just softly point out that I am no longer a beginner vegetable gardener of the novice variety. I have passed my one year mark and I think, if I look at my overall combined average, I might have managed to scrape by with a low C. I excelled in salad greens...
Atrophy
If you were to ask me what atrophy means on a good day, a happy day, I'd probably tell you it's kind of like aprize, one step up from amedal and a little bit bigger than aplaque. I usually invest a lot of energy into smartassery on good days. If you were to ask me on a normal day, a run of the mill day, I'd direct you to Merriam-Webster, where the definition of atrophy is as follows: 1: decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; also : arrested development or loss of a part... Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2010 at Taproot
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Splinted Dreams
Posted Sep 12, 2010 at Taproot
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The space cries out...
I started this because I was ignorant. Because I didn't know any better. In those first few moments of chainsaw and oleander, I was blissfully unaware of how many square feet of wood and debris could spring from thirty odd bushes. My pastor was there to help. If you cut all this down, you'll have to replace it with something, he said. And I ignored it, as I ignore many other things he says, because it was so obvious. So simple. I was making space. Clearing poison. Bad stuff gone, makes good things easy. And then, after years of branches,... Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2010 at Taproot
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Going to see Bob
Posted Jun 23, 2010 at Taproot
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Mile Markers
Posted Jun 13, 2010 at Taproot
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Beyond Words
Posted Jun 11, 2010 at Taproot
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Shell Games
Posted Jun 7, 2010 at Taproot
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Welcome home, Molly! Thanks for finding my wandering turtle. :)
Home At Last
I've been gone to the Far North. Where the only things growing are pine trees and abandoned mining cars. I've been sitting on plastic chairs in noisy airport terminals. Eating soggy sandwiches out of paper bags. I've said approximately 3400 Hello's and Goodbye's. I've pulled shut three pairs of ...
IIIIII've got another one!
Posted May 17, 2010 at Taproot
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Posted May 17, 2010 at Taproot
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