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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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The New Yorker: Will Storr- How Millennials Became The Selfie Generation
Source: The New Democrat Just on a personal I note: I’m really glad I went to and graduated high school in the early and mid 1990s and not today with the personality I have then and now. Going to high … Continue reading
Consumer Affairs: My Sick Week With The Flu
Source: FRS FreeState Last Saturday not yesterday, but the Saturday before that, I was at my desk in my office working on my blog doing some updating on some of my pieces. I generally don’t blog on the weekends as … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bethesda, Bethesda Maryland, Flu, Flu Bug, Flu Season, Glen Echo Maryland, Maryland, Sick Day, Sick Days, Sick Week, The Flu, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: How Michael Shermer Became a Card-Carrying Skeptic
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat If you want to make this about religion, I come from a German-American family in Maryland, but my father is a hardcore card-carrying Atheist, who if anything has gone Communist … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Agnosticism, Agnostics, America, Atheism, Atheists, Believers, Cynical, Cynicism, Michael Shermer, Religion, Skeptic, Skepticism, Skeptics, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: Rachel Bloom- How Rachel Bloom Became a Card-Carrying Skeptic
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review I believe anyone who is a realist and just doesn’t call themselves a realist because they have some need to have people believed they’re smarter and more advanced than they really … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Cynical, Cynicism, Hollywood, Rachel Bloom, Realism, Realist, Skeptic, Skepticism, United States
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Associated Press: Today in History For September 11th- Remembering 9/11, 2001
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review Just to give you a personal reflection about 9/11. I was working at a movie theater and not happy about it and working the nightshift and disliked that even more. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, 9/11, Al Qaeda, America, New York, New York City, September 11th, September 11th 2001, September 11th Anniversary, The 2000s, United States, War on Terror, Washington DC
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ABC News: World News Tonight-Colin Kaepernick Refuses to Stand During National Anthem: Opportunism at it’s Worst
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review In life there are followers and there are leaders. There are trend-setters who would be leaders and there are people who follow whatever the latest trend is who would be … Continue reading
The New Yorker: Mary Norris- Comma Queen: “Awesome” Is the New “Massive”: How Real Words Lose Their Real Meaning
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The New Yorker: Mary Norris- Comma Queen: “Awesome” Is the New “Massive”: How Real Words Lose Their Real Meaning Just a quick note and a bit of a warning. Valley … Continue reading
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Tagged American English, American English Dictionary, American English Language, Awesome, Celebrity Culture, Comedy, Comma Queen, Faddism, Faddists, Mary Norris, Massive, Pop Culture, Satire, Tabloid Culture, The Comma Queen, Valley Culture, Valley Girls, Valley Guys, Valley People, Valley Speak
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The Daily Review: The Week in Review: 2015 Holiday Season
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The Week in Review: 2015 Holiday Season My 2015 holiday season other than not seeing the sun at all until really my last day in Port Ludlow, Washington which is … Continue reading
The Daily Review: The Week in Review- Life is a Highway, Move on, or Get Off
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The Week in Review- Life is a Highway, Move on, or Get Off A slow week on this blog as far as activity. This blog hasn’t posted anything since Wednesday … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Store, Bethesda, Bike Riding, Cell Phones, Griffin's Bikes, Griffins Cycles, I-Phones, Life, Life is a Highway, Maryland, Rascal Flatts, The Week in Review, Week in Review
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USA Today: Opinion: Dan Carney- ‘Football is Foreign to American Values’: Say What?
Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: USA Today: Opinion: Dan Carney- ‘Football is Foreign to American Values’: Say What? I can’t think of another sport other than maybe baseball that represents America better than American football. … Continue reading
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