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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – The Make Up Day

By on November 23, 2011 in Personal, Religion

First things first: Fasting during daylight hours in November is WAY easier than fasting during daylight hours in August. My Muslim friends had intimated as much, but I was not expecting it to be as easy as it was today. I almost wished that it was harder. When I took a day off from Ramadan [...]

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R.I.P. Father Abraham style

By on October 20, 2011 in Culture, Personal, Psychology
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Good lord. I’ve been experiencing an enormous amount of creative avoidance with my Father Abraham series lately. You may be aware that I’ve been trying to add some more discipline in my life, even trying to create a structured process to do so. Even after tweaking it, I wasn’t any closer to reaching my goals [...]

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The Zac Parsons Project

By on October 14, 2011 in Music, Personal
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Of band names and organizations with the word “project” in the title, The Alan Parsons Project always seems to come to my mind first. If that name pings something in your brain, but are not sure exactly how you know it, perhaps this will help: If you are a basketball fan, you may recognize that [...]

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Adding some new disciplines, Father Abraham style – Part 2

By on September 27, 2011 in Personal, Psychology

About a week and a half ago, I decided to add some more discipline to my life and my daily regimen. First on my list: be early to rise. Well, I think that I managed that for about three or four days. Then I had an extended out of state trip for five days, and [...]

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Pete Carroll and Lou Tice

By on September 26, 2011 in Psychology, Sports, Television, TPI

A local Seattle news station did a nice video piece on the relationship between the Seattle Seahawks coach and the founder/chairman of The Pacific Institute.

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Kirk Gibson and The Pacific Institute

By on September 22, 2011 in Psychology, Sports, TPI
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I’ve been affiliated with The Pacific Institute for almost three years now. I’ve been an Arizona Diamondbacks fan since their inception in 1998. But for some inexplicable reason, I have been completely ignorant of Arizona manager Kirk Gibson’s history with TPI. I was back in Seattle last weekend, for the final “Weekend with Lou” event [...]

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