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Back in July, 2009 I did a post about a tweet from John Perry Barlow that struck me like a thunderbolt, “One of these days I’m gonna pull myself together, soon as finish tearing myself apart.†I wrote that line for Brent Mydland, dead 19 years today. A sweet, doomed genius he was, who could […]
No, this post isn’t about my looming Twitter addiction. It’s about what you can learn from using social networks. One of the people I decided to follow when I started on Twitter recently was John Perry Barlow ( @JohnPerryBarlow) I mostly know of Barlow through his songwriting work for the Grateful Dead. He was a […]
It is pretty easy to get caught up in the relentless negativity of the current environment. Sometimes we get a Shazam moment when ugly realities interrupt our trivial pursuits. Everyone has a moment or three like this in their lives. A shocking death in the family or a terrible medical diagnosis. We can all relate. […]
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Hero returns home DANVILLE — Chanting “Sully! Sully!” a crowd of several thousand gathered at a hometown hero celebration in downtown Danville on Saturday to salute US Airways Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. The hero himself said only a few words when he was finally handed the microphone — after a long line of speeches by […]
Meet the very attractive Mrs. Lorrie Sullenberger! Way to go Chesley! Here is video of the incredible water landing, it starts at the 2 minute mark, Miracles are things that cannot be explained. This was no miracle. This was the result of the training, decision making and skill of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and the entire […]
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One of our favorite guests is retired Lt. Col Ralph Peters. He has a fantastic new book out that I highly recommend. Looking For Trouble: Adventures in a Broken World As the U.S. Army’s chosen troubleshooter before he took off his uniform to write, Peters saw the greatest international dramas of our times and the […]
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Long suffering Celtics fans don’t need another reason to root for the Green in the next round against Detroit, but we just got one anyway. Thanks to Greg Garber on ESPN.com for one of the best articles about priorities and family that you will ever read. What are you waiting for, go read every word. […]
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