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The Hot Seat and the Beatitudes: Great Teachers of Humility

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to do a “Hot Seat” presentation at a conference I attended…

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The Pursuit of Happyness: See the Movie. Read the Book.

So often, when you see a movie, you hear people mumbling and grumbling on the way out that “the book was better”, griping that the movie didn’t stay true to the book…

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Thinking Differently in 2007

Maybe it’s because I am the son of a Methodist minister, but sometimes I can’t help but to compare developments I see around me to what I see happening in the church…

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All I want for Christmas is a little chaos in my life

My desk is clean and neat…

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Crackberry Users: Get a Life!

Yesterday, I attended the funeral of an old friend, the mother of one of my daughter’s closest friends…

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My 4th anniversary of survival: a very special day on my calendar

I have no recollection of what was going on at this very moment four years ago, primarily because I was unconscious, undergoing a quadruple bypass procedure during which I had 3 episodes of cardiac arrest…

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Are Jason & Jeff really jerks? Or is Loren a jerk? I say they’re both right even if they disagree.

While perusing TechMeme a few minutes ago, I ran across a Valleywag post enticingly titled, “Jason and Jeff are Jerks” knowing instantly that they were referring to Jason Calacanis and Jeff Jarvis…

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