Matters Of Size . . . .
Buried in a sea of seminar research and writing, my mind wandered today while writing a little section on social networking and how it feeds our Narcissism. We love to let other people know what we’re doing . . .…
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Maryland’s Football Uniforms. . . And Contemporary Culture. . . .
Nothing could be more exciting than watching Cliff Lee pitch against the Braves. . . or so I thought last night. I found something pretty amazing when I flipped over to the Maryland – Miami football game on ESPN. If…
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A Smack On Our Tweeting Fingers. . . .
Later this month I’ll be hunkering down with a group of youth workers for about 150 minutes at The National Youthworkers Convention in San Diego. During those 150 minutes I’ll be sharing for the first time some of what I’ve…
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today. . . .
I’m not sure what the experts would call it, but I measure my life in increments. Two weeks ago today. . . one week from today. . . ten years from now. . . . etc. I’m not sure why…
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Ready Or Not. . . Here She Came. . . .
It’s hard to believe that in our post-Katrina world, people would actually be complaining about over-preparation for Hurricane Irene. . . but they are. The older I get, the more convinced I become that you can’t be too prepared for…
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Why I Couldn’t Watch The VMAs. . . .
Much to my own surprise, I just couldn’t do it this year. Truth is, I just decided not to. For years I’ve been watching the MTV Music Video Awards. I don’t think I’ve missed one since they started. Every year…
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College Football, Entitlement, Miami. . . and Kirk Cousins. . . .
My friend Dan Sterk, a youth worker in Michigan, sent me an email this week. It was short and it wound up being very sweet. Dan was raised to be a fan of the Michigan Wolverines. He married a young…
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12-Year-Olds And The Little League World Series. . . Too Much Too Soon? . . . .
I don’t know if it was every little boy’s dream, but it was certainly mine. I played Little League Baseball for the East Abington Little League. My first year at the Double-A level was a year that I remember was…
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More Reason To Not Like Abercrombie. . . .
Al Lewis had a great little column yesterday in the Wall Street Journal supplement that runs in many newspapers across the country. Lewis exposes the obvious marketing and publicity push by the edgy and always-envelope-stretching clothing retailer that involves Michael…
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Redeeming My Mouth. . . And Singing About It. . .
The other day I was up at the track and I spotted a young female runner who looked familiar. . . but I wasn’t sure. I was afraid that any effort on my part to get closer to grab a…
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The Game, Flash Mobs, and Phony Phone Calls. . . .
So prosecutors in Los Angeles County are deciding what they want to do with The Game. It seems that last Friday the rapper sent out a mischievous tweet to his almost 600,000 Twitter followers. The Tweet invited followers to call…
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Yesterday I Stepped Into a Time Machine. . . .
. . . and it threw me into the future that is now. Really. It’s true. Here’s what happened. I decided to head over to the library at our local college here in town. To give you some context, it’s…
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