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Coming in November… Kate plus 8

By on September 29, 2009 in Personal

Yup. It’s official. In an ironic twist of fate to those who have watched Jon drop the ball with his family, Jon Gosselin’s name has now been dropped from the show that he began with his wife and children just a few short years ago. According to this CNN.com article, the new show will start [...]

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Running towards the future

By on August 21, 2009 in Music, Personal
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(This article originally appeared at www.managingactions.com) I do not have the body of a runner. I barely have the body of an athlete. When I see video of myself in physical activity, I wince like most of us do when we hear our voice on a recording and think “Is that really what I am [...]

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Jon Plus 4 and Kate Plus 4

By on August 6, 2009 in Personal

A few months back, SNL’s weekend update did a short joke about the Gosselin family drama, implying that their then current rumors of infidelity would inevitably lead to a break up and divorce.  Seth Meyers quipped: “Responding to reports of infidelities, Kate Gosselin from the reality show Jon and Kate Plus 8, denied that she [...]

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Beckham’s return to L.A. not all hugs and kisses

By on July 20, 2009 in Personal, Sports
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After a mostly warm reception at an away game in New York earlier this week, there was a noticeably more hostile reception waiting for David Beckham at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA on Sunday.  Signs saying: “Go Home Fraud”, “Hey Becks, Here Before You, Here After You, Here Despite You”, and my personal [...]

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Brendan Foster’s answer: When someone gives up

By on July 10, 2009 in Personal

But what was the question? Just hours before passing on November 21, 2008, Brendan Foster was interviewed by CNN. They wanted to talk to him about a food drive for the homeless that he helped birth from his hospital bed, just two weeks before. The reason for his hospital stay? Leukemia. The interview and the [...]

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Jon and Kate file for divorce

By on June 23, 2009 in Personal, Television
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Last night, during their show, Jon and Kate Gosselin announced that they would be separating immediately.  They interviewed separately, and had some different things to say about what they thought the future might hold.  After the video played, which was presumably filmed before Monday, text popped up on a black screen saying:  ”On Monday June [...]

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