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Zac

When I turned 20…

Tonight, as I write this, the sun is setting on my twenties.  The third decade of my life comes to a chronological end at midnight.  I happened to be born in the first year of a new decade (1980), so my twenties coincided with the 2000′s.  It’s fun to reflect on milestones of life, and [...]

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And another door opened…

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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Tuesday Newsday – Tale of a Transexual Sportswriter

Tuesday Newsday – Tale of a Transexual Sportswriter

On April 26, 2007, the Los Angeles Times printed a story about one man’s transition from male to female, and the road that led him to that decision.  The twist, in this story, was that the essay was written by one of their own (a sportswriter).  It was news that shocked many, but gave courage [...]

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Tuesday Newsday – Jon and Kate Plus 8 finale

Yesterday was a eventful day in the world of the television shows that are important to me.  First, it was announced that the final season of LOST will begin on February 2, 2010.  As you know, this is Groundhog’s Day.  The creator’s of this show are keenly aware of nearly detail of this show’s production. [...]

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John Mayer acting 32

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 – Jon Gosselin on the road to redemption

Tuesday Newsday – Jon Gosselin on the road to redemption

How you feel about Jon Gosselin is probably going to depend a lot on what you have personally experienced in your own life, or how you value stories of failure and redemption.  If you’ve led a morally upright life, and you tend to only value failure if it is soon followed by redemption, you may [...]

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