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10
Feb
2012
Acting, Singing and Weirdness…Just Another Week

1 day ago by Diane

I’m over on The Eye Roll Diaries today sharing a proud, yet terrifying, momma moment. Be sure you visit my friend Heidi on Falling Down The Rabbit Hole to see why she’s singing and my friend Debbie on Hippie Chick … Continue reading →

Simply Diane... - simplydianeblog.com · Rank: 134,895 · 9 references

08
Feb
2012
My top three Ameri-spiring commercials off all time

4 days ago by jamesrubec

The Superbowl just passed, and Clint Eastwood’s It’s Halftime in America spot tugged on my red white and blues. Even though Clint sounds like Lenord Nemoy from either Transformers 3, or the new Star Trek flick. But I guess what’s more American than that. Eastwood was the Mayor of Carmel California, ...

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Living in Black and White

4 days ago by Liz Patterson

“No, Aunt Liz, don’t go into the fort!” Faye exclaims, tugging at my hand. “Why not?” “There’s monsters in there!” I smile and hunt around at the base of the tree until I find two sticks. “Here, Columbus, Faye, take these. These are swords that we can use to fight the monsters. Now, come one, let’s ...

Awake - liz-mindawake.blogspot.com · 10 references

07
Feb
2012
‘Trains, buses, leather and heart’

4 days ago by Sandi Soendker

Trucker Charity is a 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in helping truckers. In their own words, they “get ‘em safe, get ‘em fed and get ‘em home.” Most of its members are OOIDA members, and they are a unique bunch. Recently, OOIDA Member Kerry Mullins – secretary of the Truckers Charity – shar ...

Land Line Media Blog - landlinemedia.blogspot.com · 16 references

06
Feb
2012
Is Gaming the Answer to Our Global Problems? // videogames

5 days ago by zoeweil

Video The World Becomes What You Teach

Watch this TED talk about gaming as a solution to our problems: As a non-gamer, this TED talk raised many questions for me: Will gamers like real-world solutionary games as much as Warcraft? Is the speaker’s vision and call for more gaming likely to achieve the results she suggests? Does gaming 22 h ...

Zoe Weil - zoeweil.com · 38 references

03
Feb
2012
Notes on Reading Ernest Becker's Escape From Evil

9 days ago by Roger

I wrote these notes a long time ago, but I think they still work pretty well. Notes on reading Ernest Becker’s Escape from Evil (Free Press, 1975) By Roger Albert, Winter 1999. Becker starts his argument with the premise that human beings are animals. All animals must devour other organisms to exist ...

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01
Feb
2012
Patriotism

10 days ago by Don in Massachusetts

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them! Albert Einstein Filed under: Quotations Tagged: Albert Einstein, Heroism, Patriotism, Quotes, Thoughts, Violence

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5 Videos To Watch On Veteran’s Day

11 days ago by writteraccess

Veteran’s Morning started for a get together of The First World War vets, possesses due to the fact become a evening to reflect upon and pay back value to everyone individuals who work in your government. A great number of life happen to be diminished by government employees to protect our flexibili ...

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31
Jan
2012
Obit watch: January 31, 2012.

11 days ago by stainles

Master Sergent John Franklin Baker Jr. (United States Army -ret.) In November of 1966, then Private Baker’s company was tasked with rescuing another company that was pinned down by Viet Cong troops. As the company began its rescue effort, the lead man in Private Baker’s column was killed. Moving for ...

Whipped Cream Difficulties - sportsfirings.com · Rank: 64,530 · 10 references

27
Jan
2012
Red Tails and heroism // movies

16 days ago by df

Apparently it is not politically correct or film-savvy to like " Red Tails," the latest film about the barrier-busting World War II African-American fighter pilots who came from Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama and proved to the world that "courage has no color." "Red Tails" is not going to be a criti ...

Breakfast with Pandora - myth.typepad.com/breakfast · Rank: 140,293 · 19 references

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