O.W. Root

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On growing out of 'edgy' entertainment

1 week ago | conservativereview.com | O.W. Root
On growing out of 'edgy' entertainment

1 week ago | theblaze.com | O.W. Root

I don’t really care about “really dark” TV shows or “screwed up” movies anymore. They're supposed to rattle me or provoke me, but they don’t. They just bore me. I’m completely uninterested. It’s almost as if these stories are created by people who have never really reflected on the deeper nature of life and tragedy. In my 20s, I went through the typical phase of thinking shows and movies that “pushed the limit” were interesting, or at least might be worth watching.
We Aren't Tourists, So We Deserve an Up North ID

2 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | O.W. Root

Petoskey — We may drive on the same chewed-up roads and complain about the schizophrenic weather, but we aren’t all the same. The Yoopers are their own thing. So are Metro Detroiters. And so are we psychopaths who live Up North. We northerners have a standard Michigan driver’s license, but the truth is we deserve our own ID. We shouldn’t be lumped in with the tourists who flitter up to the North when the warm weather arrives. We deserve special privileges.
Morning sickness, Italian-style

2 weeks ago | conservativereview.com | O.W. Root
Morning sickness, Italian-style

2 weeks ago | theblaze.com | O.W. Root

My wife and I were in Italy when we found out she was pregnant with our first. We were so happy. Then the nausea came. And it was bad. Real bad. It turns out my wife experiences something called hyperemesis gravidarum during her first trimester. I remember standing in the bedroom telling her in quite forceful language, 'You have to eat. There is no other option. You need to eat to survive.' Basically it’s extraordinarily terrible morning sickness. We didn’t know it was a thing at the time.
Real Patriots Don't Pay Their Taxes on Time

2 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | O.W. Root

Pentwater — April is here. We whisper to ourselves that, “It’s going to be okay.” Then, out of the blue, we get kicked in the teeth. April 15th. Tax day. This dastardly day of public misery and government-induced annoyance always sneaks up on us. Tax Day is an irritation for every right-thinking citizen. No one likes it, and because everyone dreads it, we all collectively forget about it until two weeks before. But all is not lost.
No One Wears the Right Shoes for Spring

4 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | O.W. Root

Petoskey — Finally, the weather is changing. The air is warmer. The sound of the birds sweeter. The ground less frozen. But it’s not summer yet. No, it’s muddy. It’s mucky. It’s sopping wet and soaking through the bottom of your shoes. Nobody wears the right shoes in spring. That’s because we forget how messy it is. Nothing can be as wet as winter, right? Wrong. The winter gets so hard at the very end that we try to skip right over the showers and on to the flowers.
To thine own self be true — especially in our fake digital world | Blaze Media

4 weeks ago | theblaze.com | O.W. Root

Every once in a while you hear about these people who build up totally fake identities on the internet. They devote hundreds of hours to crafting a persona and a story that are completely fabricated. They claim they have eight kids. They claim they have a ton of money. They claim they are something they are absolutely not. We shouldn’t seek out approval pretending to be someone else. We shouldn’t drift off into the digital abyss, play-acting like little children. What is that?
To thine own self be true — especially in our fake digital world

4 weeks ago | conservativereview.com | O.W. Root
You are a child until you have a child

1 month ago | conservativereview.com | O.W. Root