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Life Lessons From Movies, Books and TV

Entries from October 2007

Top Ten Things I’ve Learned From Horror Movies 2007

October 31st, 2007 · 7 Comments

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In the spirit of humor and Halloween, today I’d like to post my top ten list of what I have learned from watching Horror movies.
1. All folklore is true. Bloody Mary, the Boogie Man…Jason they are all real. Don’t test their existence.
2. Don’t be alone; around anything […]

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Tags: Humor · Movies

The Pursuit of Motivation

October 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Lately I’ve noticed numerous postings regarding ways to motivate oneself. There’s apathy among many people. And I see many people answer these posts by advising to write down how they want to see their lives. I’ve always felt, that’s not good enough.
A movie/book that really displays intense desire and motivation is ‘The […]

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Tags: Books · Inspirational · Movies

What we can learn from Writers

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Think I’m crazy for creating a blog that talks about things to learn from books, movies and tv? Think again. When we are at a loss of what to do in a situation we can go to our friends, historical figures, and I believe characters in books, movies and tv. […]

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Tags: Books · Movies · Observation · TV

Featurette : Clip of the Week

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

If you compare this clip with the one in the theater you will that the camera was shaky to say the least, the video is grainier and the sound quality isn’t the greatest. But, I think you will also find that this clip has a hundred times more impact. It was played on […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational · Motivate Others · Movies

Gordon Ramsay: A Real Mentor to Restaurateurs

October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The search for a mentor led me down many paths. Most of them I read about in books or see them on TV. Then I happened upon a show called ‘Kitchen Nightmares’. Gordon Ramsay whose restaurants won multiple Michelin Stars, published several books.. This is a man […]

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Tags: Success · TV

Success Through Observation

October 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I read a post from John Chow’s website. He received an email asking about when a blogger should call it quits. John Chows answer as well as many other comments were if you’re no longer having fun then quit.
The answer though sound, I can’t help but feel there might be better […]

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Tags: Link love · Motivate Others · Self-Improvement

Humorous Lessons From Star Wars

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Apparently a fellow blogger sees some value in my subject. In my first post The Slightest Nod I was still narrowing down what my blog is all about. I was starting to get a little worried whether there’d be any interest in my subject matter. Then I ran into The Movie Blogs: […]

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Tags: Link love

Start At the End and Work Backwards

October 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

As you know, I really enjoy stories, specifically ones that surround a unique protagonist. I find the whole mythos surrounding a protagonist fascinating. Take the protagonist from the last action movie I saw last weekend; ‘The Lookout’. Not a great movie, not particularly well written, or directed; but the movies […]

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Tags: Movies · Self-Improvement

How Rush Limbaugh Turned Lemons into Lemonade

October 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

About a month ago, Jessie MacBeth was sent to prison for six months for lying about being in the military and speaking out against the war. Rush talked about this in his show calling Jessie and any other person who fakes military service whilst making up wartime atrocities a phony “phony soldier.”
Forty-one […]

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Tags: Inspirational · Radio

The Slightest Nod

October 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments

“Once upon a time in China, some believe, around the year one double-aught three, head priest of the White Lotus Clan, Pai Mei was walking down the road, contemplating whatever it is that a man of Pai Mei’s infinite power contemplates — which is another way of saying “who knows” — when a Shaolin monk […]

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Tags: Inspirational · Movies