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Grace, a Guitar, and Gabriel
By Steve on December 31, 2013
Two years ago my teenage son Gabriel wanted a guitar for Christmas. I thought, “Yeah, that will be used for a couple weeks and then sit in his room as a museum piece.” (I’m pretty…
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Bono Leads Dublin Street Crowd in “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”
By Steve on December 29, 2013
How cool would it be if you were out walking the streets on Christmas Eve night with your family and discover that the guy busking songs is not just some local musician, but U2 frontman Bono? Yeah,…
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A Hong Kong Christmas Story
By Steve on December 24, 2012
For the last month my department at school has been working on a film to be the “main event” at the yearly Christmas assembly held on the last day before the holiday break. While I…
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My Christmas Movie Classics!!
By Steve on December 20, 2012
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 to watch a Christmas movie with…
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Another year of “The War on Christmas” is over…Thankfully!
By Steve on December 27, 2011
I may be dating myself but I’m old enough to remember when saying “Merry Christmas” wasn’t considered a pejorative term. And to wish someone“Happy Holidays” was not seen as “selling out” or diluting Christmas in any…
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A Starbucks Christmas “Placebo Effect” Moment
By Steve on November 29, 2011
Sunday morning before church I met up with some friends at the Starbucks outside Olympic MTR station. Let me say every November I live for the couple months when Starbucks makes its Christmas Blend coffee…
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A Trip to Disney’s Toy Story Land
By Steve on November 19, 2011
Woody welcomes you to Toy Story Land When Hong Kong Disneyland first opened in September of 2005 it’s arrival was greeted with mixed reviews. In addition to some embarrassing public relations gaffs, the park seemed to be…
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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…