I just viewed the Oscar-nominated movie Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane. The heart of the film is the juxtaposition between the fate of ...

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The mace-spraying freaks at Walmart Go Google it, and read all about the “competitive shopping” madness that took place at a Southern Cal...

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Evernote (www.evernote.com) is my new favorite smart phone application.   Considering the multitude of apps available across multiple platform...

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A friend said to me today, “You can’t take people deeper than where you’re willing to go yourself.”   That struck me a...

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At the end of Stephen King’s mega-book The Stand, two characters who survived a massive flu epidemic reflect on whether humanity is any better o...

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In addition to the now-familiar Parisian scenery that characterized much of Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, I was taken with the central messag...

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It’s amusing, the usually self-inflicted pressure to “have” a certain “experience” the first time you visit Europe. The ...

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After checking off a major “bucket list” item by recently visiting London and Paris, I’m reflecting on how excited and grateful I wa...

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