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I Wonder When I Will Be Canceled
With all that’s going on in the world, I feel the need to take a detour from my usual topics and discuss something of supreme importance. As a simple man who doesn’t go with the flow and instead pushes against … Continue reading
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Tagged a man for all seasons, censorship, God, golden rule, personal, sir thomas more, the obsolete man, the twilight zone
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The Best and Worst of Times
Just a quick Christmas message. I was thinking recently about how the best and worst times in life are often inseparably intertwined. We are in the midst of a yearlong lockdown, which has led to a lot of suffering that … Continue reading
Taking a Moment to Be Grateful
I know Thanksgiving was last week, but I feel the need to take a moment to express gratitude for something most precious to me. The Monday before Thanksgiving, my wife collapsed in a puddle of her own blood in our … Continue reading
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Tagged family, gratitude, holiday, personal, thank you, thanksgiving
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Attitude Is Everything
I recently found a video of the most incredible man who refused to be a victim in life in spite of his facial disfigurement. I did a double-take when I saw this video’s featured image, not because the face looked … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, attitude, beauty, blessings, deformity, disfigurement, gratitude, Isaiah, thanksgiving, triumph, victim, victor
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Taking My Future Into My Own Hands
Last December, I noted that my left middle finger had swelled up and was quite painful to use. That was a rather detrimental development for a hands-on writer like myself. It’s been an interesting year since that discovery. I’ve gone … Continue reading
Will Hollywood Survive? And Should It?
I’d much prefer to talk about positive things instead of dwelling on the negative, but sometimes we have to face hard truths. This year might go down in history as the beginning of the end of Hollywood. I don’t think … Continue reading
COVID-19 Has Been a Blessing to Me
The quarantines, lockdowns, and other restrictions that were put in place in 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19 are annoying and detrimental to many people. I’m grateful that I have been spared pretty much all of the ill effects … Continue reading
The Beautiful Music of Randy Edelman
I never obtained formal musical training, so whenever I write about movie soundtracks I fear I come across as clumsy and imprecise. I don’t have the right terms and language to put to into words the feelings I yearn to … Continue reading
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Tagged angels in the outfield, chipmunk adventure, composer, dragon the bruce lee story, dragonheart, film score, films, gettysburg, kindergarten cop, movies, music, soundtrack, videos
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Flattery Will Get You Everywhere, Thor
When I was first learning about blogging more than a decade and a half ago, I heard that one of the best ways to befriend other bloggers and get people to talk about me was to first talk about them. … Continue reading
My Brother, the Nintendo Expert
If you’ve followed this website for the past few years, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I’m one of nine children, and I grew up in a city in Washington State that’s right next door to Redmond. My … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, family, nintendo, personal, super mario, video games, washington state
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