Category: Thoughts
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Find Your Voice Against Gender Violence by Meera Vijayann
Meera Vijayann presented Find Your Voice Against Gender Violence as a TED Talk.
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Burying a Child
This weekend I went to a funeral. It’s the first I’ve been to in a while and I hope the last for even longer. The guy that passed was under 50. I worked with his wife at the gym, which is how I met and got to know him. Their daughter cheered for us and…
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Roses & Roses
“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.” – George Eliot
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Certainty
Many choose certainty over uncertainty, even if the known certainty is a bad situation. Often the certainty of a bad job or relationship, or the certainty of doing things the exact same way again and again is chosen over the uncertainty of changing it and opening the door to something else. There must be something…
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Criticize, Condemn & Complain
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Broken to Whole
“Sometimes, our visions clear only after our eyes are washed with tears. Sometimes, we have to be broken so we can be whole again.”
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Las Vegas Winter
This year started with a quick workshop in Vegas. It was much more work than play, but still had a night of play and a ride on a really big Ferris wheel.
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Challenged & Defeated
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” – Roger Crawford
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Finished Man
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” – Richard M. Nixon
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Why Lunch Ladies are Heroes by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Jarrett J. Krosoczka presented Why Lunch Ladies are Heroes as a TED Talk.
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New Years Week
The last week of 2014 started with Kentucky beating Louisville. Nothing else mattered.
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What’s That You Say?
I heard something the other day that stuck with me: If you talked to me the way you talk to yourself, we probably wouldn’t be friends. How many people do you know, maybe even yourself, that talk down to themselves. Next time you hear them doing it, mention the line above to them.
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Life – Part 3 – Summer of 1995
Looking back, the summer of 1995 may have inadvertently been the most influential summer of my life. It started with graduating high school and heading to Memphis for UCA work week with 9 of us, Doug, myself, and 7 girls, packed into 2 cars. Midway through work week one of the girls concluded staff wasn’t…
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Christmas Week
Christmas week involved a 70s sorority party, a trip to Florida, and lots of food, including trying Poutine for the first time.
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all my family, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. May your day be filled with fun and food surrounded by those you care about. Also, Merry Christmas to all those that serve and protect, with or without a uniform.
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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Eating, Drinking, and Being Merry, all things I excel at. When I think about the past couple months, maybe a year, maybe a couple years, so many of the best memories are eating and drinking with family and friends. I think about Chris and I cooking at home. I think about Joe, Scott, Tony, and…
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The Most Annoying Types of Airline Passengers are …
Since I’ll be traveling home for Christmas today directing everyone toward USA Today’s The Most Annoying Types of Airline Passengers are … article seems appropriate.
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Make Love, Not Porn by Cindy Gallop
Cindy Gallop presented Make Love, Not Porn as a TED Talk. This talk contains adult content.
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A Week in December
This week started off with tuna tacos, progressed to smoked maple pork chops, and ended with brown sugar glazed salmon. Somehow there wasn’t a competition in the middle.
Andre J. Carter 