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November 13, 2009
- A Meditation On Marriage | Part Two | [AFTER SIX MONTHS OF MARRIAGE]It's been less than a year since I wrote the essay below [See Part One].I have been married since 4/20/09So... were my fears warranted or merely a reflection of my neurosis?I think there's a strong argument for the later, but I am not one to impose thoughts on a reader. So, you be the judge. Here's an excerpt from a previous ...
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November 10, 2009
- A Meditation On Marriage, Part I [POSTED ON OUR SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY]A Meditation on Marriage The repetition and awkwardness of the question evoked irritation, something like the metal scrape of a dentist's pick as it moves along the gum line. When’s the wedding?I know it’s a fair question, a somewhat fair assumption. When two people are in a long-term relationship, the discussion of ...
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November 7, 2009
- Dear Reader, What’s in a name? If Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan’s name were “Smith,” we’d be talking about him as a soldier who snapped under pressure, a lone gunman whose fear of deployment to Afghanistan sent him over the deep end -- as fear tends to do. Predictably, however, within minutes after we learned that the gunman in Thursday’s Fort Hood, Texas massacre was named ...
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November 7, 2009
- Jacqueline Wales is known the world over as The Black Belt Millionaire. Her unique programs have helped women around the globe develop strong personal success, confident communication and clear visions of their goals. She is the author of five books including The Fearless Factor.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland and began her motivational career from the steps of her tenement building when she advised ...
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November 2, 2009
- I was alarmed by news reports of two Chicago men arrested in connection with a Pakistani plot to attack Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and Flemming Rose, the culture editor at Jyllands-Posten. One of the men allegedly wrote in a Yahoo! chat that he was “disposed toward violence” toward these men and toward me because of my books, “The Jewel of Medina” and “The Sword of ...
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October 31, 2009
- Sheri Parks, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, says that many teens today have had years of exposure to violent video games and media images, which studies show desensitizes them to violence.How odd to think that there are now studies showing this desensitization. Many of today’s — and yesterday’s — video games were developed by the military because studies had shown ...
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October 17, 2009
- Letting Go Over the past month, I have shared my worries and excitement concerning the publication of my memoir. To be completely honest, I was unprepared for the emotional exhaustion that accompanies publication. I've been an emotional wreck. I fretted over the few copies of Musical Chairs that escaped with a few typos and the fear of eminent judgment and misinterpretation of my words, but ...
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September 26, 2009
- If you've never felt like a bug on a body of water, experience the grasp of a rip-tide. No....on second thought, don't do that. The year was 1984. That date was November 14th. The place was Okinawa, Japan. How could I remember? Well, for one thing I wrote it into my Jim Fixx Running Log, but I've never needed the reference. Just the memory. Six of us were swimming at Meida ...
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September 24, 2009
- I read "Courage of Fear" very quickly during my recent vacation, and as I turned to the final page, I had such mixed emotions that I thought about the characters, the events in the story, and wondered about "what might have been" for days afterward. And then I puzzled over the meaning in the events. The author takes us between the past and the present with style and grace, ...
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September 14, 2009
- September 14 KILLER SQUIRRELS AND OTHER SOBER DRAMA I can tell you stories to make your hair curl: death-defying fifth steps, speaking commitments with microphoned podiums, sponsees with killer squirrels trapped in the house. Courage and sheer determination are needed to face plague, after crisis, after pestilence, and yet with sober mind and willing heart these travails are surmounted ...
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