The day I broke my Disney movies…on purpose There are many things in life now days that can consume our time and focus. They can be good things, or they can be bad things. Each decision we make on a daily basis can influence the way we think, act, and live. It took me some […]
“Everyone has a secret…” states ABC’s webpage of it’s hit TV show Scandal. The quick witted protagonist Olivia Pope commands a firm of “fixers” who take in Washington D.C.’s elite of the elite. Politicians, Socialites, Businessmen alike hire the services of Pope and Associates to either hide their dirty laundry or clear their name of […]
Today the BBC posted an article BBC News – Rise in violence ‘linked to climate change’ The team says with the current projected levels of climate change, the world is likely to become a more violent place. Fascinating concept that science investigated. Here is another quote from the article. “One of the main mechanisms that […]
While surfing around on CNN, I came across an article on James Gandolfini. I click, read the first line and was intrigued. Here is is. “The only time I met James Gandolfini, we talked about God.” Father Edward L. Beck I wish I could say the same. I was at Muir Woods in Northern CA […]
The year was 1983, Michael Jackson was on the rise as a music sensation, then Thriller was released in December of that year. Audiences were not ready for what they were about to see. It was more raw, gory and terrifying than anything you would have found in a music video at the time. It […]
As I was driving home last Friday from Chico, the northbound lane coming into the town of Paradise had slowed down and was backup a half mile. I had figured that there was an accident up the road so I made my detour on some back roads to my destination. It wasn’t until a few […]
As I walk in from an evening walk tonight I see the devastation caused by a two mile wide tornado in the Oklahoma City area. In the last month I’ve been to Oklahoma twice. Once to present a Battlefield Hollywood seminar in the Tulsa area. Listening to the newscaster he mentioned how many were found […]
Over the past few years I’ve been learning some amazing things about gardening. The most important thing I’ve learned is the condition and health of my garden soil. The condition of the soil is referring to the macro and micro nutrients that are present, while the health of the soil is referring to the micro […]
Christmas day has come and gone, we are on the verge of another year and yet some of the “warmth” of the season hangs on. What is special about this time of year? To some it’s known as the Christmas season. Others it’s Hanukkah. Still others it means nothing. None the less, this time […]
It’s like a domino effect. Lower blood plasma clotting factors in turn produce lower levels of coagulation factors. The low coagulation factors prevent the formation of fibrin. And the result, well the blood flows because it takes much longer to produce a blood clot. The ladies, almost never experience the recessive X chromosome disorder. A […]
I was recently asked by a high school student at the Christian school I work at if I thought Spiderman was a good representation of a ‘type of Christ’. He then proceeded to outline the parallels and draw comparisons between Jesus and Peter Parker. I was rather taken back by the question because I have […]
In Seth Godin’s best selling book Linchpin: Are you Indispensable?, he writes that “Classrooms have become fear based and test-based battlefields.”[1] Godin goes on to list of what I’m going to call predictable education. Here are just a few: Fit in Use #2 Pencils Show up everyday Buy the things the other kids are buying […]
$latex F = ma&s=4$ In physics, a force is any influence that causes an object to undergo a certain change, either concerning its movement, direction, or geometrical construction. It is measured with the SI unit of newtons and represented by the symbol F. In other words, a force is that which can cause an object […]
