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“Big Brother, Little Brother” comment riles Vietnam in the South China Sea
By Steve on June 21, 2011
The potential for conflict in the South China Sea is heating up. While American forces continue to concentrate on Afghanistan and the 40 or 50 al qaeda members still left there, more ominous issues in…
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Macau trip post lost!
By Steve on June 13, 2011
Had one of those crazy computer glitches last week. I’d been on a roll trying to keep up with the blog posts here at Beyond the Pale and a few days back I spent about an…
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Book Review: Rob Lowe’s “Stories I Only Tell My Friends”
By Steve on June 1, 2011
I’m a sucker for a good showbiz memoir. Those of you that know me well also know that a move to Hollywood and an attempt at movie stardom was the road ALMOST taken. Yeah, in 1988…
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United States & United Kingdom: Special & “Essential”
By Steve on May 30, 2011
President Obama has just returned from a State visit to the United Kingdom where he and Prime Minister David Cameron cemented the ongoing “special relationship” between the two countries and then took it up a…
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How well did I understand grace before I understood grace?
By Steve on May 27, 2011
My friend Paul over at Escape to Reality had recently thrown out 10 years of sermon notes because of his realization that he had not been preaching God’s Grace to people even when he honestly…
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U.S.S. Carl Vinson steams into Hong Kong
By Steve on May 24, 2011
Ah, Americans, even when we’re broke we can still throw a party and have the world come to it. Last night, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson hosted a cocktail reception for a number of…
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Social Media Meltdown: TED style
By Steve on May 23, 2011
Just saw this on TED! It’s a great parody of our societies all consuming need to be connected online ALWAYS…and to share EVERYTHING with our social media “friends” most who we haven’t seen since high…
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Smallville: The Finale Review
By Steve on May 22, 2011
Last week’s series finale of Smallville was a geekfest for all Superman fans young and old. After ten years of waiting, the little farm boy from Kansas ( by way of the planet Krypton) donned…
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I’m back… and some thoughts!
By Steve on May 20, 2011
I had made it a point at the beginning of this year that I would get much more frequent with my blog posts. I’ve come to like this little trafficked corner of cyberspace and enjoy the interaction…
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My Greek Trip Part Deux
By Steve on April 25, 2011
Santorini Well, I had hoped to have some ongoing blog posts during my Greek trip BUT my power cord fried 3 days after I got to Greece and I was regulated to quick e-mail and…