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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Spa

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Life doesn’t always go the way we expect. Take, for example, my most recent visit to a spa. The older I get, the achier I feel. My shoulders tend to get extremely sore from time to time. To combat this, … Continue reading →

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Miracles I’ve Seen This Year

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Every day is a miracle. I am grateful for every opportunity I have to keep living and being better. This Thanksgiving, I would like to acknowledge some of the biggest miracles I’ve seen this year.

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George McFly Makes a Good Point

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I never show my work. What do I mean by that? After all, I post a new article on this website every single week without fail. I mean something similar to what George McFly says to Marty McFly during the … Continue reading →

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There Are No Accidents

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I like to record the miracles I experience in my life. I have received so many over the years, I can hardly keep track of them all. This one truly humbled me, and I want to share the lessons I … Continue reading →

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So Much to Write, So Little Time

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I’ve been writing Cinematic Chiasmus articles for 10 years, and I’ve never had a dearth of ideas for them. The only limit on my output of them has been the fact that those articles are always ambitious projects to put … Continue reading →

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Be a Little Bolder

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I’d like to share a little experience I recently had. My wife and three of my kids and I were recently eating at a Costco Food Court when we noticed a couple of men who looked awfully familiar come and … Continue reading →

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I’m a Little Late Paying Off My Mortgage

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I have moved a mountain. It wasn’t as fast as it was for Enoch simply telling mountains to flee from before him. But it happened, nonetheless. I feel like there’s only one song that can sum up my feelings right … Continue reading →

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The Hasty Rewrite of My Last Article

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I have never done anything like this before. But I want to share it because it was such an interesting experience. Since the beginning of the Deja Reviewer in 2011, I’ve almost always published a new article on Tuesdays. The … Continue reading →

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Feeling Bad for Feeling Bad

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

My fingers hurt. Nothing new there. But something strange has happened. I had intended to write a different article this week about how this website sometimes feels like my journal, but I found that it would work better if I … Continue reading →

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Unfinished Work

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Have you ever almost completed a project, but then left it for weeks and not gone back to it to finish the job? I ask because I find myself in that position right now. I recently went through my old … Continue reading →

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