Prophetic?

In Dr. Martin Luther King’s last speech he began, “I’ve seen the Promised Land.  I may not get there with you…”  A short time later he was shot on his hotel balcony.  My comment is not to say this great man was a prophet, only to point out…
On this day, of all days, the question [...]

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Bucket List

This is not a review of the movie.  I haven’t seen it yet, so I can’t review it.  What I can do is review the idea.  I like it.  I’m going to make one as page on here.  If for no other reason than I’m apparently all about making list pages these days.  Enjoy…

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Don’t Fall Back in Love

I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s noticed this trend, but there have been a number of previously cancelled television series popping back up on the air in the last couple months.  October Road, Medium, The Power of 10, Law and Order: Criminal Intent is back on NBC…
I’m not writing to complain.  I like [...]

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100 Movies, 50 Books

OK, so I was reading one of Jen’s blogs and saw these two goals (which quickly became my first additions to the Resolutions).  I must complete them.  It’s now an obsession Remember obsessions can die off, passions are long-term.  These are new, they begin as obsessions.  If I’m still trying in August, we’ll switch them [...]

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New Year’s Resoultions

Yes, we all mmake them; we all break them.  But that doesn’t stop us from making new ones the next year.  Perhaps the only resolution we could guarantee we’d keep is to stop making resolutions.  But as we are a species that thrives on hope, we continue, as do I individually.  So here you go, [...]

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Romeo and Juliet is NOT a love story…

This is a pet peeve of mine, and it’s been triggered a lot lateley.  Romeo and Juliet is NOT a love story.  It’s not.  There’s no love in it.  It’s a tragedy about the dangers of infatuation and young people making hasty decisions.
Allow me to sum up.  We start with a young man who is [...]

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