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Tuesday Newsday – The President’s Labor Day Speech

Tuesday Newsday – The President’s Labor Day Speech

by Zac on Sep 08, 2009 in Tuesday Newsday

So…. maybe you heard about the controversy surrounding the speech that the President of the United States is giving in Arlington, VA today.  If not, I’ll try to fill you in quickly.  Its a speech to children.  Children in a school.  A public school.  And it it being broadcast around the country to any other [...]

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Brendan Foster’s answer: When someone gives up

by Zac on Jul 10, 2009 in Personal

But what was the question?  Just hours before passing on November 21, 2008, Brendan Foster was interviewed by CNN for 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 question that he was asked is [...]

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Losing a piece of our childhood

by Zac on Jun 26, 2009 in Celebrity

“Dazes in the studio.  A major strand of our cultural DNA has left us.  RIP MJ.  I think we’ll mourn his loss as well as the loss of ourselves as children listening to Thriller on the record player.”  John Mayer I have so many memories of my adolescence that were colored by Michael Jackson’s music. [...]

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Team USA Soccer, where is the passion?

by Zac on Jun 20, 2009 in Sports

After watching the U.S. men’s national soccer team this week, I’m at a loss.  Something is wrong, that much is clear.  But, what is it?  And more importantly, how can it be fixed?  I missed the first half of the game vs. Italy, where the U.S. was up 1-0 at halftime, albeit down a man [...]

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Me in 7th grade

Remember Jonathan Brandis?

by Zac on May 28, 2009 in Celebrity, Movies

For me, one of the joys of parenthood is exposing my children to movies from my childhood that I loved.  I’m not sure if I’m just trying to share my early joys and excitement from films with them, or if it is some sort of devious attempt at creating little Zac clones, one 90 minute [...]

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