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A Mortgage Was Burned and 3 Lessons Were Learned
For someone like me, throwing a party is hard. I’m not eager to make a public spectacle of myself, but I do love making personal connections with good people. My shyness is partly why it took me nearly three years … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged books, debt, friendship, fun, house, mortgage burning, party, personal
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It’s Finally Happening
I’ve been on two concurrent journeys over the past 15 years. One involves joke-telling and the other involves homeownership. And both of them are about to collide next month in the best way possible.
Quick Announcement That’s Years in the Making
The past few weeks have been challenging for me, and I’ve had quite a few things on my mind. Thankfully, they’re not all bad. Friends of mine have been asking me to do something for many years, and I’m finally … Continue reading
Is My Good Opinion, Once Lost, Lost Forever?
Something has been on my mind this week concerning food. Perhaps it’s a luxury to even have this problem, but I still wonder if it’s either a virtue or a vice. And I think, even though it’s about food, it … Continue reading
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Tagged anne of green gables, books, food, jane austen, personal, pride and prejudice
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A Book That Makes Me Cry on Every Page
Few pieces of entertainment have the power to make me cry. For example, the scenes in Beauty and the Beast (1991) where the Beast releases Belle and she returns just in time to watch him die always draw tears from … Continue reading
Posted in Uplifting Films
Tagged annette k larsen, author, books, characters, inspiration, relationships, romance, sad, saving marilee
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I Think I Know What Aslan Said to Puzzle at the End of The Last Battle
In the final chapter of the final book in The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle, something mysterious happens. I’m not talking about the destruction of the old Narnia, the sudden super-speed of the humans, their ability to run up … Continue reading
I’m a Fan of Emma
This isn’t going to be a typical article for me. It’ll be more personal because I’ll delve into my wife’s private life, while also being outside my wheelhouse because I’ll be reviewing a play instead of a movie. But I … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, books, emma, jane austen, movies based on books, musical, personal, play, stage, stage play
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Swallowing My Pride
Humility is not an easy quality to achieve or maintain. I was bullied a lot as a child, and it hardened me to the point that I thought I was uniquely deserving of sympathy and that other people were responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged books, britain, classic films, films, jane austen, movies, movies based on books, personal, pride and prejudice, relationships, videos
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The Giver and Passing on Knowledge to the Young
Last week I did something I had never done before. I responded to an email I received out of the blue and interviewed its author. You see, I get a lot of emails from people telling me about this or … Continue reading
Posted in Uplifting Films
Tagged baby boomer, books, family, fathers, millennial, movies based on books, parents, the giver
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6 Movies Contained Within The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead was first published in 1943, and it’s had quite an impact ever since. Its story is so epic and contains so many elements that entire films have been made about plot points that are only small parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matchups
Tagged amadeus, ayn rand, books, films, indecent proposal, movies, the fountainhead, the princess bride, the producers, tucker, wolfgang amadeus mozart
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