All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Old Work Habits

I have been on my current job for over a year. In that time I have developed some new work operations and procedures. However as a creature of habit, things I used to do and say from my previous job creeps in. For example, I will give out the old phone number and extension by accident or I will say my old call pitch and that drives me nuts. Maybe our routines are so deeply embedded in us that its hard to break those old work habits. Maybe I should concentrate more and do things that keep me focused. I guess we are all human and will make mistakes.

Six Word Story

I am proud to be weird.

Six Word Story

Escape from reality sounds real nice.

Not Fun With Flags

Flags are a symbol of a nation, team, organization. When you see them fly you get an idea of what it’s about. They can represent heritage and identity. People are so wrapped up in flags that they almost feel like blankets of comfort. We like to be comfortable in our attitudes, beliefs, ideology. When someone dies flags are to be a certain height on a pole…however we miss the greater point of the persons being dead. If we lowered the flag every time someone died it wouldn’t be at the top of the pole, ever. Is the tradition of the pole something more than the death itself. Flags are essentially decorated fabric and in the grand scheme of things is it worth more than someones humanity or feelings. Maybe we should focus on people more than flags or their poles. Sometimes flags aren’t anything to have fun with.

Six Word Story

Good people do bad things daily.

Doctor Who – Season 9 Coming Soon!

I can’t wait til the next season of the adventures of The Doctor and Clara Oswald. The trailers are getting me excited for what is to come. Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman are great together. September 19th can’t come fast enough.