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The Lockard Family as Movie Stars

Posted on December 25, 2018 by

Do you ever think about which movie stars your family members remind you of? I am the seventh of nine kids, so I got to witness a lot of personalities develop as we all grew up and started our own … Continue reading →

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Raiders of The Last Crusade

Posted on September 4, 2018 by

I have to give all the credit for this article to my oldest brother. He alerted me to the fact that Tomb Raider (2018) is practically a carbon copy of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I had no intention … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Place Is a Celebration of Fatherhood and Motherhood

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

Every day good fathers and mothers quietly go about their lives loving their children and raising them to be happy, productive people. Being a good parent doesn’t earn people accolades or give them fame because it is to be expected. … Continue reading →

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Timeless Childhood Lessons from the ’90s

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

What I particularly enjoyed from the ’90s was the subtle way that TV stations snuck important life lessons into fun presentations. And there is no better example of this than the “Totally Kids Detective Agency” on Fox. Continue reading →

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I’m Still Glad to Be a Dad

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

Father’s Day came earlier than usual this year for me because I just welcomed my fourth child into the world on June 8. It was a melancholy experience because although it was wonderful to meet my third son for the … Continue reading →

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Selfish Sacrifices

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

Sacrifice is such a strange word to me. We usually think of sacrifice as being a selfless act. But is it really? When I sacrifice it’s because I am being selfish. I’m forgoing something I want now for something I … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Film Gems: Frequency

Posted on November 8, 2016 by

There are two kinds of people: those who love Frequency and those who haven’t seen it yet. Those are the words of my younger brother Kevin. He has been asking me to review Frequency almost since I created the Deja … Continue reading →

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