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Drug Use and Suicide: Welcome to SoundCloud Rap
SoundCloud Rap has experienced major success recently, but not only is some of the music distasteful, it’s flat out dangerous.
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A collection of my best writing.
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Friendship After 30
Maintaining strong friendships after age 30 is difficult, but with effort from both parties, they can survive and thrive.
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The Marvelous Mr. Minshew
A walk-on quarterback who was rejected and ignored by all, and who turned down Saban and Alabama to become a gunslinger on the Palouse, sealed his fate with a storybook ending in the Alamo Bowl.
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A Gentleman in Moscow – A Lesson in Purpose and Sophistication
A pure joy – that’s the best way I can describe A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Not only will you learn lessons in sophistication, but more importantly, what it means to have purpose.
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Training Like “The Rock”
As I near the end of my 30th year, which I bemoaned in a previous post (A Letter To My 60-Year Old Self), I am making a concerted effort to reach my peak physical condition. Call it a 1/3 life crisis. But you could really just call it an effort Read more…
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Ulysses S. Grant – An Archetype of American Leadership
Why this unassuming and simple man presents the archetype of American leadership and the model for what a President should be.
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Stephen King Writes Non-Fiction Too
Many may know this fact by now, but Stephen King, the decorated novelist, once wrote a non-fiction book. Although I am fairly late to the game, considering he published On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft in 2000, I am happy to have finally discovered this gem. By way of Read more…
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Bring Back the Sonics
This past week, Kevin Durant showed Seattle some love. It was the city where he started his career after the Sonics drafted him with the second overall pick in the 2007 draft. He only spent one season in Seattle, but the city and culture clearly left an impression on him, Read more…
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The Little Paris Bookshop: A Review
What a delightful read. I purchased this book at an independent bookstore in Austin, Texas (BookPeople). Nothing about it screams Austin, nor does it have anything to do with Texas or the American south. Far from it, in fact. It is a story of a Frenchman who lives in Paris Read more…
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1984
Much has been said about George Orwell’s classic, 1984, as of late. This dystopian novel has recently shot to the top of the bestseller list in the current age of alternative facts and critical thought suppression. The book had been on my reading list for some time, so I thought Read more…