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Weekend Distractions: Goodnight David Letterman
By Steve on May 24, 2015
This past week David Letterman signed off after hosting his late night show for 33 years. With 6,028 episodes Letterman has become the longest serving talk-show host surpassing even the late great Johnny Carson. Tributes…
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Weekend Distractions: My Academy Award Predictions 2015
By Steve on February 22, 2015
It’s Oscar time again and this is the first year since returning to Hong Kong that the Academy Awards fall on Chinese New Year holiday. Because the awards are on Monday morning in Hong Kong due…
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Weekend Distractions: Scotland Shows How It’s Done With Non-Violent Referendum
By Steve on September 21, 2014
A big day in the United Kingdom this week. The people of Scotland had the opportunity to vote for their independence from the rest of the union. Think about that for a moment. They got…
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Weekend Distractions: First “Left Behind” trailer with Nicholas Cage
By Steve on May 31, 2014
A year ago when an announcement that the “Christian” apocalyptic thriller Left Behind was to be rebooted, a collective groan echoed through a large segment of the Christian community. For many of us who are trying…
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Weekend Distractions: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
By Steve on February 23, 2014
Thought I would change the name of my weekend post from “Update” to “Distractions”. When I re-tooled Beyond the Pale from “multi-topics” to “all faith all the time” just over a year ago I wanted…