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The Way: Hiking the Way of St. James
By Steve on October 12, 2011
Just watched a wonderful inspirational movie called The Way and thought it deserves a post. The film chronicles the adventure of a successful doctor who takes up his son’s journey to complete the El Camino de…
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Pet Peeves of Working in a Bookstore
By Steve on October 10, 2011
For three years I got to work in what many consider a dream job; …I worked in a bookstore. Yes, I worked for Barnes & Noble Booksellers. And yes, it was fun and got to work with some…
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TV You Should Watch: Yes Minister!
By Steve on October 6, 2011
I’ve been meaning to start a series of occasional posts highlighting what I believe are the Best TV Shows ever and why you should give them a look see. This post is prompted by seeing…
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Detroit Tigers: American League Division Series begins
By Steve on September 30, 2011
I have been a Detroit Tigers fan for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a baseball loving family and whether its my mom pitching to me as a 4 yr old…
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Chris Christie: Please…Please run for President!!
By Steve on September 29, 2011
Chris Christie probably won’t run…but I sure hope he does. Up until now I’ve been somewhat behind Mitt Romney. One because he has increasingly impressed me in his debate performances and second because most of…
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Forbes Magazine names “10 Happiest Jobs” and “10 Most Hated Jobs”
By Steve on September 27, 2011
“Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who are the happiest workers of all?” Seems according to Forbes magazine, men of the cloth appear to have the most job satisfaction. I have to admit it, I was…
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Diversity: or How America makes Americans
By Steve on September 25, 2011
My 9 month old son, Ethan George, attended his first Republican meeting this week. Being that I am in Hong Kong I need to qualify that statement to say I am referring to the American…
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Seeing Kevin Spacey live as “Richard III” in Hong Kong
By Steve on September 18, 2011
Last June I got an e-mail from Hong Kong ticketing that the current London West End production of Richard IIIstarring Oscar winner Kevin Spacey would be coming to Hong Kong in September and ticket sales…
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Remembering Sept.11, 2001
By Steve on September 13, 2011
Has it really been 10 years?Our phone rang and Tammy answered. I saw her face furl a bit and she turned to me, “Its Donna, she said a plane has just flown into the World…
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Star Trek at 45!
By Steve on September 8, 2011
On September 8th 1966 a lttle TV show named Star Trek debuted for the first time on NBC. It told the tale of the crew of the Starship Enterprise’s journey to explore strange new worlds, seek out…