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“Planking” in Australia
By Steve on July 6, 2011
I was surprised a couple weeks ago when my 13 year old son Gabriel came bounding into my office, dove onto my couch and just laid there face down pinning his arms flush against his side with his feet…
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United States & United Kingdom: Special & “Essential”
By Steve on May 30, 2011
President Obama has just returned from a State visit to the United Kingdom where he and Prime Minister David Cameron cemented the ongoing “special relationship” between the two countries and then took it up a…
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Social Media Meltdown: TED style
By Steve on May 23, 2011
Just saw this on TED! It’s a great parody of our societies all consuming need to be connected online ALWAYS…and to share EVERYTHING with our social media “friends” most who we haven’t seen since high…
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I’m back… and some thoughts!
By Steve on May 20, 2011
I had made it a point at the beginning of this year that I would get much more frequent with my blog posts. I’ve come to like this little trafficked corner of cyberspace and enjoy the interaction…
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BYU Benches Star Player: “And so shines a good deed in a weary world”
By Steve on March 9, 2011
There is a great scene in the movie Hoosiers where the small town high school basketball coach played by Gene Hackman benches one of his star players during a game because of an attitude problem. As…
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What’s the Internet?
By Steve on February 1, 2011
Ah, 1994! Seems like only yesterday. The nation was tuned to Seinfeld on Thursday nights, The “Big Dog” was President of the United States, and when people wanted to buy the hottest selling album of…
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Best Movies Ever: “The Right Stuff” or My thoughts on how to get Obama to fund the American space program again!
By Steve on January 29, 2011
Yesterday I felt this compulsion to watch “The Right Stuff” the 1983 film chronicling the test flights of Chuck Yeager and first flights of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. My friend Tom reminded me on…
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The Church and the Things People Hide!
By Steve on January 23, 2011
My blogging peer Michael over at Megaloi-Great Things posted a thought-provoking piece recently. He raised the issue of a lack of transparency in church circles despite our claims to be an open, sharing community. He…
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America: Let’s make “Civility” contagious!
By Steve on January 13, 2011
The shooting in Tucson was tragic! Twenty people shot, 6 fatally including a 9 year old girl and a United States Congresswoman who is in critical condition with a bullet through her head I won’t…
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Why the Left and the Right hate the Rally to Restore Sanity
By Steve on November 10, 2010
A couple weeks ago I arrived home late Saturday night from a great evening with friends and the family. However rather than collapse in bed as is the norm (those that know me also know…