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Talking Head – Tips For Confident Public Speaking

Oral reports in school were so much fun. The anxiety, sweats, shaking, fear, and stomach knots were constant companions. Now…I can stand in front of groups of people large and small with there being essentially no difference than if I was talking to you across a diner table. Here’s what I learned.

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A New Life

I spent the evening attending the birth of the newest member of the family. It was time very well spent.

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The Stork Takes Its Time

I’m sitting here, metaphorically twiddling my thumbs, awaiting word of Scarlet’s* little project: giving birth to little Troeesha. Her labor should have …

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T:TSCC 0211 Fancast – Self Made Man

Welcome to this week’s podcast for Season 2, Episode 11 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Self Made Man”. This is meant to be played along with the episode video (cuing instructions are at the beginning of the podcast).

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The 2008 Not-Gonna-Get Christmas Wish List

We’ve all been there. In fact many of us are there, now. We have things that we’d like to be gifted this holiday season, but we know we’re never going to get them because of circumstances. Still, that doesn’t stop the dream.

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Praying For Troeesha

Scarlet* texted me this afternoon. She said that because of a blood flow issue, the doctors were going to induce Scarlet on Tuesday instead of letting her soldier on to full-term at the end of the month. If prayer is something that you do, please pray for the best possible outcome.

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T:TSCC – Some Speculations on the Humans (Part 2 of 2)

When left to their own devices, the cyborgs and androids of the TTSCC universe exhibit a clarity of action that the humans miss. We have a significant menu of humans who are exerting an influence on present-future events. It might behoove us to take a better look at them. (Part 2 of 2)

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T:TSCC – Some Speculations on the Humans (Part 1 of 2)

Many of my wild speculations have been targeted at the cyborgs and androids of the TTSCC universe. When left to their own devices, they exhibit a clarity of action that the humans miss. We have a significant menu of humans who are exerting an influence on present-future events. It might behoove us to take a better look at them. (Part 1 of 2)

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My 2008 Cornucopia of Thanks

2008 has been a year of re-emergence. After a few years of enduring my father’s decline with an undignifying illness, my immediate family and I have had a year to discover what the world is like when it is what we make of it. So, my first serving of thanks goes to

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Finding Secular and Non-secular Truth

Since I was a teenager, I’ve been on a search trying to understand faith. After much reading, listening, debating, contemplation, and so forth, I had an epiphany. Suddenly the niggling confusions became non-confusions. The core of just about everything came together.

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T:TSCC – Speculating on Cameron’s Agenda

Of all the characters on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Cameron is the most enigmatic. She’s certainly the character that more speculation goes on about than any other. Every now and again I think it’s important to pause and look at what we know and what we can extrapolate.

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CJ’s Faux Beefy Stew Recipe

People wonder what to make vegetarians. Too often it’s a side-dish of veggies or something gotten from the frozen food section. There’s no reason why you can’t make a tasty thick stew that even the carnivores will be happy to be served.

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