January 2010
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How to Embarrass Your Teenager Without Really...
For maximum effect all of these must be done in front of their friends:
Talk cool, as in “Why don’t you ask some of your homies over to our crib to chill?”
Go shopping with them, especially to cool stores. Suggest that you buy matching outfits.
Make them ride in the “family truckster” (see National Lampoon’s Vacation). Make sure the back bumper is plastered...
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Random Ruminations of an Adult On-Set Athlete
Bruce!
I woke up this morning with the Bruce Springsteen song “No Surrender” in my head.
We made a promise we swore we’d remember
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter’s night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
I could probably preach a sermon on the lyrics. What do they mean to you?
Conan
Conan O’Brien...
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The Risk of Going "All In"
You start a job, join a club, volunteer, or begin a hobby. Maybe you start slowly, but things go well. You begin to buy in to the vision. You start to see a future of what can be accomplished. You think you’ve found a place, a place where you can contribute, people you enjoy, a place where you can grow.
You buy in. You decide to make an investment. You give your time, your talent and your...
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Sabotage!!!
This is serious stuff! Someone is trying to sabotage my diet and exercise plan!
They keep buying cookies and ice cream and then twist my arm and make me eat.
I don’t know how they do it, but in the morning when I want to get up and exercise they do something to make me go back to sleep.
In the evening when I would normally go to the YMCA and workout, they hijack my car and force me to go...
This Time It's Real
I don’t know what real tragedy is.
Tragedy for me is when my car doesn’t start or maybe I have a disagreement at work. I get upset when my favorite team loses. I get jealous when someone has something I can’t have. Don’t I deserve the best?
Basically, tragedy is when I don’t get something I want.
I’ve never missed my daily bread. I’ve always had...
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Blessed
We have all been extremely blessed to live in the United States. I know, I haven’t missed my daily bread yet. I don’t know what it’s like to go to bed hungry, to not have a roof over my head and not have people around me that love me.
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http://donate.worldvision.org
Come run with me.