Tag Archives | balance

And another door opened…

By on December 29, 2009 in Personal

One of the paradoxes of the curriculum at The Pacific Institute (and I mean that in a very complementary way) is the mandate to set a firm goal, and to be flexible with the process that gets you there.  Maybe its more of a misnomer than a paradox, because it’s often difficult to identify what [...]

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Pat Tillman Remembered

By on December 6, 2009 in Personal, Sports

Last month, ESPN produced a nice 8-minute piece on Marie Tillman, the widow of Pat Tillman. While speaking to a group of high school students last month after the Ft. Hood shooting, our discussion touched on the volunteer nature of American armed forces.  When someone mentioned how much soldiers have to sacrifice in order to [...]

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John Mayer Acting 32

By on November 22, 2009 in Culture
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I do not own a John Mayer album. I can’t say that I was tapping my toes when my brother introduced his music to me during a car ride through the New Mexico desert a few years back. I do remember his Volkswagen commercial where he just shreds his guitar while using the car’s audio system [...]

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Tuesday Newsday – Garth Brooks Live

By on October 27, 2009 in Tuesday Newsday
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Sometimes something newsworthy happens, and I completely miss it.  It’s usually something that I care very little about, or something I am just completely ignorant about  how it may pertain to my life or the people in my life.  This past week it happened. Because apparently, Garth Brooks is going to be performing live concerts [...]

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Tuesday Newsday – Jasmine Fiore’s family begins healing

By on August 25, 2009 in Culture, Tuesday Newsday

About a month ago, I watched a movie called “Reservation Road“, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo.  It’s the story of how two fathers deal with the accidental death of the one’s son at the hands of the other.  I cried in several parts of the movie.  It’s tragic whenever a child dies, and it [...]

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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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