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Kicking off 2011
By Steve on January 5, 2011
Here I was saying I was going to write more
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Introducing Ethan George Hackman
By Steve on December 30, 2010
Just wanted to pause on Beyond The Pale to welcome my new son, Ethan George Hackman. into the world. Ethan was born 2 days before Christmas on December 23rd at Queen Mary Hospital at 4:13…
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Christmas Shopping with Obama and the Republicans
By Steve on December 22, 2010
Its Christmas time and President Obama and the Republicans have been out shopping just for you. Using China President Hu Jiantao’s Platinum MasterCard they have bought a mountain of presents for the American people I…
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Christmas Movies
By Steve on December 17, 2010
Its that holiday time of year again! After a long day’s work I enjoy nothing more than turning on the Christmas tree lights and kicking back on the couch with a glass of egg nog…
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Nobel Peace Prize puts China “On Tilt”
By Steve on December 11, 2010
In the 1998 film Rounders Matt Damon narrates the subtleties of No Limit Texas Hold-up poker: A brilliant player can get a strong hand cracked, go on tilt…and lose his mind along with every single…
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Christmas Movies 101
By Steve on December 10, 2010
Its that time again! Last night we
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Goodbye to my friend Jackie
By Steve on December 4, 2010
Yesterday a friend of mine passed away. Typically in this blog I’ve noted the passing of famous celebrities… but not today. Jackie Bruce may have not been a celebrity, but to me and my family,…
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Paintball Friday!
By Steve on November 29, 2010
Last Friday I and a number of teachers led the Christian youth group from our school, FUSION, to an after school session of “paintball”. Paintball is that military style game where you have guns that…
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There are still Two Trees to choose from
By Steve on November 28, 2010
Genesis 2 tells us that after God had finished the creation he placed Man & Woman in a garden he had prepared for them. In the center of that garden were two trees; The Tree…
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Aaron Sorkin and The Social Network
By Steve on November 20, 2010
Aaron Sorkin and I have never met. He would have no idea who I am…and yet I have made an unofficial bargain with him. Whatever TV show or movie he writes the story for, I…