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You Can Talk To Me

One of the benefits of listening to an obscure Pandora station is that it introduces one to other obscure music from the same time period of the same kind.  As someone who is a fan of the music of Christine … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Why You’re Still Single

Why You’re Still Single:  Things Your Friends Would Tell You If You Promised Not To Get Mad, by Evan Marc Katz & Linda Holmes This is a rare example of a book aimed at women that at least gives the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Face To Face

Face To Face:  Discover How Mentoring Can Change Your Life, by Jayme Hull with Laura Captari [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Moody Publishers.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] On the face of it, this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan I loved the movie, and just now got around to reading the book it was based on.  I’m not sure if I would say that the book is better … Continue reading →

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Pipes Of Peace

Yesterday was an interesting day.  As I commented to one young lady I happened to be sitting beside while waiting for the surprise half-century party of a longtime acquaintance of mine who had been the chosen representative of our ABC … Continue reading →

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Cena Rustica

Last night was the first dinner in our dinner club this year and it made for an interesting example of what happens when plans come together well at the last minute.  Although there are not as many people involved in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Disaster Artist

The Disaster Artist:  My Life Inside The Room, The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell One of the more chilling lines in this book–and there are a lot–is when the actor that the author replaces … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Project Zebra

Project Zebra:  Roosevelt And Stalin’s Top Secret Mission Mission To Train 300 Soviet Airmen In America, by M.G. Crisci in collaboration with Gregory Gagarin [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Books Go Social.  All thoughts and opinions … Continue reading →

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A Eulogy For A Friend

I spent a substantial portion of my afternoon today in Canby, Oregon [1], a place I would not have any reason to visit were it not that I have friends there.  A long but well-organized memorial included three segments of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Carry On

Carry On:  A Story Of Resilience, Redemption, And An Unlikely Family, by Lisa Fenn [Note:  This book was provided by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishing.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This book is a companion volume to two ESPN movies … Continue reading →

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