I recently stumbled across some YouTube video posted by an old friend. The following clips comprise a movie he wrote (and directed) for a Spanish class when were in high school. I believe this was shot when we were sophomores, so it would be the 1994-1995 school year. I did not take Spanish; I took …
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Jan
26
How Thick is Your Bubble?
I’m normally not big on Internet quizzes, but found this one rather interesting. Over the past three years, I’ve had several arguments with my left-leaning friends regarding some of my rhetoric of President Obama’s policies. One of my harshest critics, my best-friend from high school suggested I break out of my “cultural bubble” and socialize …
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Dec
27
Raise the Banner
Yesterday, the Dallas Mavericks raised their first championship banner and I had the privilege of being in attendance. As a lifelong Mavs fan, I honestly thought I would never see the day my franchise was on top of the Association. For those of you who have waited patiently, but were unable to attend yesterday, I …
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Nov
16
Can the Occupiers “Appeal to the Conscience of Our Nation”?
I have to give the Occupy movement credit. They remained civil and culturally relevant much longer than I originally anticipated. However, it appears those days are now over. From the beginning, this group has claimed to represent “the 99%”–a nebulous term, apparently meant to refer to anyone who doesn’t work in finance, but almost every …
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Sep
16
Ignored Racism
Interesting piece on NPR yesterday from an African-American listener in New Hampshire. She talked of the racism she has experienced as a life-long New Englander, a region virtually void of “people of color.” Reminds me of the stories my friend Quimby would tell of his times in Minnesota. Like me, Quimby was a native East …
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Apr
14
ESPN: Worst Media Outlet Ever?
Last night, I (half) jokingly tweeted the following: Since pulling back-to-back choke jobs in the NBA Playoffs in 2006 & 2007, both the local and national media have tried to convince basketball fans that the Dallas Mavericks are the worst NBA team ever, questioning their heart, lampooning their leader, and now, apparently just making up …
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Jan
28
Words, words, words
On our way home from dinner this evening, my wife had a break-through moment as she was able to correct my pronunciation. I failed in my attempt to describe a planned “soiree.” I try hard to speak standard English dialect whenever possible, but admit there are certain words, for whatever reason, that trip me up. …
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Jan
28
Super Bowl XLV: Tickets
No, I can’t help you score tickets to the “big game,” but I was able to get my hands on these beauties. Alas, they were given away to a charitable organization.
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Nov
28
The Church in the Wildwood
As a college student, part of the church careers program required all participants to serve as “associate pastors” at a small United Methodist Church buried deep in the pine thickets of East Texas–Diaville United Methodist Church. The church building consisted of a small sanctuary, with an even smaller kitchen built on the back to service …
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Sep
23
One Thing I Miss About East Texas
Hard to believe that almost six years have passed since I packed up my things and moved to Dallas, hoping to break free. I viewed East Texas as a snow globe—you know those glass globes with a scenery and snow that when shaken gives the illusion of a snowfall. I felt trapped in an area …
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