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Category Archives: Literature
Adventures on the Light Rail – The Sales Guys
Would you agree with me that sometimes sales guys can have a questionable reputation? I do not know, there is just something about some of them that I can not quite put my finger on. Maybe the thing is I sense that I can not really trust some of them. I have many friends and family members that are indeed great people and great sales people so this does not implicate every single sales person but there maybe some generalizing wisdom that might be gleaned from this experience. Maybe hearing some recent conversations among sales men on the train, better known as the light rail, just maybe these conversations will give us some valid reasons for those queasy feelings in out stomach when dealing with some sales people. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Heartwarming Stories, Literature, Travel, Weblogs, Wisdom
Tagged Adventure, Adventures on the Light Rail, light rail, lrt, minneapolis, sales guys, sales men, wisdom
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Minneapolis Stone Arch Bridge Magazine Cover
I was contacted by one of the editors of a national magazine, the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy the monthly journal for The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy because they wanted to use my Stone Arch Bridge image as the cover of their magazine for an upcoming issue.
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Book Review: The Little Book That Beats the Market: Joel Greenblatt
This book is a short little piece with lots of humor, but do not mistake it’s brevity for lack of content and power. The methodology that this book recommends is so easy and so powerful that the author risks having the reader not taking it seriously. I beg you, take this seriously and you will be handsomely rewarded.
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Posted in Investing, Literature, Quote of the day, Wisdom
Tagged Book Review: The Little Book That Beats the Market: Joel Greenblatt value investing benjamin graham warren buffett
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Eagan High School Theater Presents Pippin
Eagan High School Theater Presents Pippin
Spring 2010 Theater Presentation
This young man Javier Ferreira is one gifted entertainer. You will see much more of him.
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Posted in Art, Current Affairs, Fun, Literature, Photography, Weblogs
Tagged Eagan High School Theater Presents Pippin Spring 2010 Theater Presentation Javier Ferreira
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News Release: Wayne Moran Book Release: Eye of the Beholder
What happens when a unique visual style and powerful substance come together in one coffee table sized volume?
Award-winning photographer Wayne Moran shows you the answer to that question in his inspiring first publication Eye of the Beholder (120 pp., tpb, $49.95), a collection of inspiring photographs from his newly updated portfolio of landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, nature and people.
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Posted in Art, Books, Current Affairs, Heartwarming Stories, Literature, Photography, Travel, Weblogs
Tagged wayne moran photography coffee table book "eye of the beholder" minnesota lanscape cityscape nature architecture people portraits
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
With all the turmoil going on in Iran right now, this movie might be one of the most important movies of a generation or even a life time…
This is a must see movie..
http://www.thestoning.com/
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Posted in Activism, Art, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Film, Literature, Movies, Weblogs
Tagged The Stoning of Soraya M. http://www.thestoning.com/ iran murder
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Twin Cities Staycation Solution!!!
Have you ever wondered what in the world is there to do in and around the twin cities that is new and interesting and fun? Has the terrible recession got you thinking that you will not be able to take a vacation this summer but instead you will have to take a stay-cation instead to save money?
Well I have the perfect solution for you!!
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Posted in Art, Current Affairs, Fun, Literature, Photography, Travel, Weblogs
Tagged twin cities travel book staycation minneapolis stone arch bridge waynephotoguy "urban spelunking" urban spelunking Moon Minneapolis and St. Paul
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God Bible and The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment
Many people with kind compassionate hearts are appalled at the concept of capital punishment. The idea that we as a government would take the life of someone that has committed a heinous crime is in conceivable to then and they think it is against God’s law or against the will of God somehow. I often hear the arguments like
• as the person is alive, they have an opportunity to repent
• It is not our place to kill a person. The is to be left to God
• The ten commandments say “Thou shall not kill”
These are common thoughts and common misconceptions so let’s try to sort these issues out.
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Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Electronic Book
If you are anything like me, you like high tech stuff, you are very connected to the internet, and you love to read all that great online content and resources. But you also like to be able to physically carry your book around that you are reading. And, you also want to have a huge library available at your fingertips. Oh and you also want news resources to be instantly available to you and access to your favorite blogs all done without wires.
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The Best Digital Photography Book
Scott Kelby in his book The Digital Photography Book covers it all in his expert teaching style that will get you up and running capturing images in no time that look totally professional. His style is not heavy theory, but instead his style is much more down to earth with great step by step examples… Whether you want to shot family events, sports photography, flowers, landscapes, weddings architecture, cityscapes and night life, Scott shows you how to do it.
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The Best Digital Camera Book
Scott Kelby in his book The Digital Photography Book covers it all in his expert teaching style that will get you up and running capturing images in no time that look totally professional. His style is not heavy theory, but instead his style is much more down to earth with great step by step examples… Whether you want to shot family events, sports photography, flowers, landscapes, weddings architecture, cityscapes and night life, Scott shows you how to do it.
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Who I Am….
A very good friend of mine (find Elsa’s work here) shared with me this piece that she had written. I was so blow away by it that I had to share it with you. I hope this touches you like … Continue reading
Thought Of The Day
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Misc, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged belief, Dag, Dag Hammarskjöld, faith, god, Hammarskjöld, the 4th Kid, THOUght of the day, wisdom
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Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream
On this Martin Luther King holiday I only thought it would be right to post one of the greatest speaches of all time by the great leader Dr Martin Luther King. Keep in mind that this man’s view of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Literature, Misc, Politics, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged Dr Martin Luther King, dream, I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, speach
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Thought Of The Day: Kindness
You cannot do a kindness too soon,for you never know how soon it will be too late.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in Literature, Quote of the day, Wisdom
Tagged Emerson, kindness, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Quote of the Day: Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart. The Gulag Archipelago By Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Posted in Literature, Quote of the day, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, answers, Archipelago, evil, good, Gulag, Gulag Archipelago, questions, quote of the day
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History of Twelve Days of Christmas
There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? Well just … Continue reading
Poem by Judge Roy Moore
The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Literature, Quote of the day, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged abortion, aclu, god, Judge Roy Moore, moore, poem, ten commandments
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ALL-TIME 100 Novels
Time Magazine has published there list of: ALL-TIME 100 Novels. This is a worthwhile reading list for these long winter nights coming up. BTW you can buy the books through Amazon.
Posted in Literature
Tagged 100 best novels, best novels, time, TIME 100 Best, time magazine
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Todays poetry: Glorious Ruin
By Ellie years of construction, hard work and painignoring the blisters tho tears fell like raini tried to build something worthy of lovebut what does it look like to you up above? i take a look, what do i seejust … Continue reading
The road less traveled
By: Joseph J. Mazzella Like the poet Robert Frost I have been taking the road less traveled for many years now. It has been a twisting and curvy road with many steep hills and rocky spots. It hasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Joseph Mazzella, The road less traveled
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Mere Christianity – Right And Wrong, Impulse, Convention or Fact?
Douglas Bass over at Apprehension is doing a great series on C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity Mere Christianity – Right And Wrong, Impulse, Convention or Fact?. Reading through it just makes me bubble with excitement. This is great stuff…
The Blessed Curse
It was a beautiful spring evening just after work and I was walking the few blocks to where my car was parked. I noticed a gentleman that I had met just a week or so prior, on a previous hike … Continue reading
Posted in Heartwarming Stories, Literature, Religion
Tagged blessed, blessing, curse, The Blessed Curse
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Online Classical Christian Education
This morning I was cruising around the Internet and I stumbled across a fantastic educational resource. It is a site for On-line Classical Christian Education. You know what the coolest thing is? For the most part it is free!!! Now … Continue reading
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Tagged free education, free online classical christian education, free online education, online classical christian education
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The Influence of the Chief Tecumseh Poem
The Influence of the Chief Tecumseh Poem
You may recall sometime back we had posted about the Chief Tecumseh poem that we had become aware of from the Act of Valor movie. Well we just recently received a note from an active duty soldier that I had to share with you. Continue reading →