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If I Directed The Santa Clause Trilogy
It's considered a Christmas classic, and it was successful enough to spawn two sequels. The film I'm talking about, of course, is The...

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Nov 16, 202130 min read
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My Favorite Shade of Green
A Colorful Question In the part of the United States where I grew up, kids are frequently grilled on a variety of subjects which are...

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Sep 19, 20217 min read
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Creative Writing
"These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home...

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Aug 3, 202110 min read
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The Monthly Environment Magazine Archive
From 2008-2010, I authored and self-published a monthly newsletter for close family and friends. Although quite crude compared to my...

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Aug 3, 20211 min read
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Three Ways to Say the Same Thing
Context: This is an original LEGO creation that I submitted to a LEGO IDEAS contest. However, my attempts to provide a sufficiently...

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Jul 26, 20213 min read
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Watch Out For Flying Rocks: Creativity with LEGO Projectile Propulsion Systems
"You can't solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level." -Albert Einstein...

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Jul 26, 202128 min read
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Thank You For Caring: An Impassioned Plea
Context: On May 27, 2020, the Seattle Times reported that Seattle's legendary Cinerama theater would be shutting its doors indefinitely....

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Jul 25, 20214 min read
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Music Performance
"The sound of music is music to my ears." - Kent Slocum Two Kinds of Music As far as I am concerned, there are two different kinds of...

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Jul 22, 20215 min read
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Why We All Need to Switch to Metric Paper
By now, you know that I prefer the Celsius temperature scale over Fahrenheit, Standard Time over Daylight Savings Time, 24-hour...

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Jul 20, 20218 min read
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Why I Switched to Twenty-Four Hour Time
When I was attending the University of Oregon, I worked as an English-Language Conversation Partner with ESL (English as a Second...

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Jul 19, 20216 min read
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The Chosen Interactive Bible Study Resources
In case you didn't know, the world has been abuzz with news about the largest crowd-funded media project ever: The Chosen. This...

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Jul 18, 20212 min read
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No Man Is An Island
An ancient proverb says that "It takes a village to raise a child." If 'two's company' and 'three's a crowd,' then in my case, a village...

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Jul 18, 20211 min read
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Developing the CatanFusion System
As you have probably already learned via this blog post, I am a huge fan of board games. However, I am also a huge fan of improving...

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Jul 15, 20212 min read
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Playing Card Games & Board Games
Encouraging Strategic Thinking Through Physical Gameplay Everyone plays games. Whether they are word games or role-playing adventures,...

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Jul 14, 20212 min read
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Skill Types
The Career Liftoff Interest Inventory (or CLII, as it is known) is a powerful tool for assessing my interests and preferences for...

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Jul 12, 20211 min read
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Talent Type
Clifton StrengthsFinder & Gallup StrengthsQuest When Don Clifton pioneered the StrengthsFinder assessment, he believed that a deeper...

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Jul 12, 20211 min read
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Leadership Type
DiSC Assessment The DiSC assessment (DiSC is an acronym for four leadership styles) is a measure of my leadership type on four different...

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Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Personality Type
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Although there are many other personality tests (such as The Big Five and HEXACO), the MBTI is by the far the...

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Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Proficiencies
"Every moment is a fresh beginning." - T.S. Elliot As a marketer and an entrepreneur, I love to learn new things. I'm continually adding...

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Jul 12, 20211 min read
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Learnings
"When you stop growing, you start dying." - William S. Burroughs This is more than just a clever proverb: it's the truth. Thanks to...

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Jul 12, 20213 min read
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