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Who Gets Along in Life? Who is working in Sync for the ultimate good that we can learn from? There is an endless stream of messages barraging all of us every day about the “officials”, “parties”, “sides”, “groups”, “participants”, or some …
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I believe that writing, in a lot of ways, is like exercising. The more you do it, the easier it is and the more you see the results of your labor. If you exercise once in a blue moon, you shouldn’t be expecting six-pack abs and a gun show. Likewise, if …
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Oh! They’re back! I used to write this Links of the Week blog every week, but found myself running out of time in the week to scour and pillage the internet for the best links that are safe enough to run on ValpoLife.com and Portagelife.com. For those of …
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I was grabbing some stuff off the table and almost bumped it, which normally wouldn’t be any big deal. I glanced across the table and saw the Egg; now the egg as been standing there for how many hours ever since Trevor stood it up there to test it since the …
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Many people often think inside their head, talk about, or wonder how great it would be to be the leader, “If I were the leader, I would…”, “If I were in her shoes or his position, I would tell this group to do this or that, I would get along with …
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We all dread Monday’s sometimes. Back to work for many, school for lots of people, and a general mood of Monday’s are a day to get going because you need to, versus eagerly anticipating waking up and having an awesome day doing something fun. Due …
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It’s amazing how fast time flies by. It just seemed like yesterday was the Popcorn Festival. I can’t believe it’s November! (As I write this, it’s actually snowing outside as well.) I’ll actually be 25 years old here in a month …
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I couldn’t be happier the NBA season began this week. Finally, a Chicago team I don’t have to be frustrated while watching! Derrick Rose looks awesome this year, and I like the fast-paced approach the team took in it’s first game against the …
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Last weekend, I picked up a new video game: NBA 2K11. This game has been given rave reviews, and since I only buy 3 video games a year (football, basketball, Call of Duty), I figured I may as well pick it up. As you may know, the game features Michael Jordan …
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Of all my bad habits, of which there are many, I would have to say finishing 70% of something and then starting something else while never finishing that original project would have to rank among my worst. Take my weekly Bears article. You may ask …
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