There is no doubt. These are difficult times; lost jobs, empty homes, shattered retirements and worse. It often feels as though we’re weighed down by the sheer size of the problems around us.
But last night I saw something that up until just a few months ago no one had ever seen and it lifted me. [...]
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Posted 05 January 2010
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Here is a short video from the recent trip I made with my son Jacob to Tanzania with the San Diego based NGO, Floresta. There are shots on safari as well as the visits we made to some of the remote villages they support.
The country is amazing. The work is profoundly important. But most of [...]
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Posted 11 March 2009
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Kudos to CNN. The more unsavory elements of their feature, Culprits of the Collapse have been removed from the current broadcasts. I’d like to think the effort from our earlier post made a difference. Strike another blow for the blogosphere.
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Posted 21 October 2008
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If you’re losing sleep over the global economic meltdown, this interview from last week with Charlie Rose on PBS is important viewing. I believe Warren is America’s greatest patriot. A capitalist in the very best sense of the word. (Link below)
http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/10/01/1/an-exclusive-conversation-with-warren-buffett
Greed
noun- The desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, power, food, or other posessions, especially when this denies the same goods to others.
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I admit the recent string of setbacks on Wall Street have left me sad, angry and confused…Sad for all the fixed income seniors who have suddenly lost the metrics for retirement they so [...]
After graduating magna butt laude and becoming a career Sendentarian, I find myself faced with the aforementioned choice, get off the couch or head back to the buffet. In a moment of weakness, I chose the former. I’m not honestly sure why. It could be vanity, a mid life thing or a desire to see [...]
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Posted 14 September 2008
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The dictionary defines sedentary four ways.
1. involving a lot of sitting and correspondingly little exercise
2. tending to sit most of the time and getting little exercise
3. used to describe shellfish that remain in one place, usually attached to a rock, for most of their lives
4. remaining in the same area throughout the year and not [...]
Don Miller is a writer from Portland, a deeply transparent guy and a Christian. He led prayer this week at the DNC.
This is my official 911 call to all advertising copywriters. If you’ve ever used the word “LIFE” in any headline, body or web copy, it’s time to turn in your union card and head for Arby’s. They’re in desperate need of cheese slicers. The ad landscape is awash in LIFEstyle messages. Enough! You’re sucking the [...]
Hey fellas, comfortable? Can I get you a glass of lemonade or some macadamia nuts?