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Movie Tuesday: One Direction Tops The Butler (Sort Of)
One Direction mounted a late-summer assault on movie theaters with its concert flick One Direction: This Is Us. The British/Irish boy band toppled the very
Never Too Young to be Old
LinkedIn, social network for professionals and job seekers everywhere, will allow young teens to join its 225 million users as of Sept. 14. The minimum
T-Pain Tweets the GOSPEL
A couple of days ago, I received a call from my friend Greg Stier, who oversees the Dare 2 Share ministry, one of the leading
Miley Cyrus & the VMA Shockstakes
Another MTV Video Music Awards, another round of controversy. For nearly 30 years now, the cable channel formerly known as Music Television has excelled at
Shouldn’t There at Least Be a Make-Your-Own-Card Day?
My teenage daughter loves getting lots of presents for her birthday and Christmas … so she can make a whole slew of really cool thank-you
Movie Monday: The Butler Cleans Up Again
The fictionalized story of Cecil Gaines is, to some extent, about longevity. In Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Gaines served seven presidential administrations over the span
Nobody Really Knows …’
Every now and again my 19-year-old daughter, Emily, and I like to watch a television comedy. Ancient Aliens on the History Channel is one of
Just Another Surf and Tell
Ah, the Internet. She’s such a complicated gal, ain’t she? This all-knowing lady (who’s won Miss Cyberspace for 25 years straight now) seems to have
Sonic Brands Its Buns
If you think the marketers of the world have run out of places to creatively boost brands in search of a bigger bottom line, think
Lots of Time + Deeper Thoughts + Love for God = More Discernment
The longer I watch movies for a living, the more careful I’ve become about what movies I watch when I’m off the clock. The longer
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