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Sit There And Watch The Credits

06.24.2014 Movies

I’ve recently heard a lot of complaining (bitching, more accurately), about having to sit through all of the credits to see the little bits of teasers at the end of Marvel superhero movies. How dare they make us sit there! Get over yourself. The credits are part of the movie experience. Don’t be in such […]

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Writing Assignment: Write About A Superpower

05.09.2014 writing

Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? Nope, just me. How’s it going down there? Superpowers have long held a fascination for us mere humans. Long ago we called them gods and heroes. Now they wear tights and sometimes sport capes. But each and every one can do at least one thing that […]

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Movies, Books, The Imagination, And Enjoying Them All

03.26.2014 Books and Literature

It’s getting so that I can’t go on the Internet anymore. I am a movie lover. One of the great joys of my youth was to go to a movie theater and see a movie, any movie, typically something I had not even heard of. I’d go in, sit down, and when the lights dimmed […]

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Movies And Roller Coasters: How Nerds Like Me Can Learn To Not Hate Fun Movies

01.15.2014 Movies

I love movies. I love the feeling and excitement of going to the theater, finding a seat among the crowd, and waiting in anticipation as the auditorium darkens. Some movies are deep and stay with me a long, long time. They provoke me and change me. Others make me laugh. Some make me jump in […]

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Just For Fun

03.19.2013 The life of the mind

Some claim that we’re “entertaining ourselves to death,” but I wonder. When was the last time you did something just for fun? When did you last read a book that you didn’t think could benefit you in business or your personal growth? When did you last play in the park, not run or work out […]

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