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New Bill Simmons article

By on August 17, 2009 in Sports

Tuesday Newsday article will be up by noon tomorrow.  Until then, if you aren’t reading everything he writes anyway, I would recommend the latest article from Bill Simmons from ESPN.com.  He is one of my favorite writers, and he happens to be covering one of my favorite sports subjects:  Team USA soccer.  He shares about [...]

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Where Do Our Desires Come From?

By on August 9, 2009 in Uncategorized

I just finished reading “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. I was turned on to Huxley by my good friend Lenny, but for one of his other books. “Brave New World” is considered a classic by many, and is generally regarded as the author’s finest work. I have to say, the book didn’t turn me [...]

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Website updated… new weekly feature

By on August 4, 2009 in Tuesday Newsday

For whatever reason, the phrase “Tuesday Newsday” just sounds a little too corny to be proud of inventing.  I searched around online and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that it has been used and enjoyed by others for quite some time now.  So, instead of being corny for inventing it, I will [...]

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Guest Blogger – Matt Van Tassel – Team USA

By on June 25, 2009 in Sports

It was November 15, 2006… “My Love” by Justin Timberlake was the number one song in the country, the first Transformers movie was still being shot, and the vast majority  of us had never heard of Barack Obama.  It was also the last time the Spanish national team lost a game. They had been 32-0-3 [...]

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William P. Young and John Eldredge in the same week

By on May 23, 2009 in Uncategorized

By some strange circumstance (do those still exist?), I was able to listen to two popular authors this week, at two different locations, at the same church.  The church is Central Christian Church of the East Valley, and it meets in two separate locations, with my home being right in the middle of them.  Now, [...]

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Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell….together!

By on May 19, 2009 in Culture, Psychology, Sports, Television

My two favorite writers happen to be friends.  They became friends after learning that they were both enamored with each other’s writing skills.  I am trying to carve out my own writing style, and I look to them to model parts of my writing after.  I was thrilled to see that they decided to share [...]

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