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Archive for February, 2006

God’s Debris, Second Reading

Filed under: Lance's Corner by Lance on 2/24/2006

I posted a short entry about God’s Debris in mid-December. My intention was to read the book and then share my impressions here. The reason it’s be such a long delay is that I decided to read the book again. I felt it was necessary to pay better attention to the various themes in the [...]

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Gladwell’s Pit Bulls

Filed under: Lance's Corner by Lance on 2/23/2006

“TROUBLEMAKERS” by Malcolm Gladwell is an interesting read. If you’ve enjoyed Blink or The Tipping Point, then go read this New Yorker article. It delves into human psychology much like those two best-sellers do.

The tagline for Gladwell’s piece is “What pit bulls can teach us about profiling.” Dogs, pit bulls in this case, often get [...]

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Beowulf

Filed under: Lance's Corner by Lance on 2/21/2006

Never heard classic English Literature quite like this!

Howard Shepherd, one of the Word Nerds, recently made my day by doing a rap version of the famous literary work, Beowulf. Howard did the piece as a demonstration of rhythm and meaning in English as part of one of the Word Nerds’ podcasts.

As a high school English [...]

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24 Hours in the Old Pueblo

Filed under: Images & Outdoor Adventures by Lance on

Report from a 24-hour mountain bike race held last weekend in Arizona.

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Valentine’s Day Wishes

Filed under: Willett News by Lance on 2/14/2006

Even though it’s Hallmark at it’s worst, our best to you.

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Sports Addict

Filed under: Willett News by Lance on 2/3/2006

No more sports for Lance? Find out why in my essay: Confessions of a Recovering Sports Addict.

It’s a topic I’ve been thinking about for quite some time now, and had the ideas in my head and on paper. But I hadn’t gotten around to fleshing it out into a coherent bunch. Now it’s [...]

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Confessions of a Recovering Sports Addict

Filed under: Lance's Corner by Lance on

This topic first came up about two years ago, while I was working at an outdoor shop in Tucson, Arizona. One of my colleagues was living with a sports addict. Her boyfriend was a classic case, watching ESPN all day. If no major sports were on, such as hockey, football, baseball, basketball, or soccer – [...]

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