The Forgotten Monk

Life Lessons From Movies, Books and TV

Entries from November 2007

Clip of the Week: Say It’s Possible

November 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ever wonder what it would be like if you posted your own song on YouTube.com and turn around and become a huge hit? Terranaomi, does… YouTube’s Music Video of the Year 2006. Viewed 2.7 million times, hundreds of video responses of other artists mimicking her song.
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Tags: Clip of the Week · Motivate Others

“The Secret’s” Own Cloverfield

November 28th, 2007 · 3 Comments

What is Cloverfield?
Cloverfield is a new giant monster movie coming out by JJ Abrams. It’s a movie with many secrets. Enormous efforts were made to keep the monsters look, a secret. When the first teaser trailer came out Abrams didn’t even name the movie. The audience was left guessing. He […]

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Tags: Goals · Movies

State of the Blog 11/27/2007

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

My readership sunk back to 30 on Monday. I’m not so sure I’ll hit my goal and even if I did it would probably sink back down again. But, that’s ok. Considering my blog is only about a month old its not too bad. Anyways, I wanted to post some success. […]

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Blog Announcements

November 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The last time I checked I was at 38 subscribers. Only 12 more to go to make my goal! I’ve been trying something different with my posts as you will begin to see on Wednesday. Also, I’m still having trouble with my drafts publishing without my intending them to be. So, […]

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Tags: Announcements

Top Ten Things I Learned From Watching 300

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

For todays top ten I selected ‘300′. Enjoy everyone and have a great Monday.
1. To prevent a million foreigners into your land all you need is 300 people.
2. Corpses make a great wall.
3. If your child isn’t perfect throw them off a cliff
4. The act of saying “No” to someone isn’t as effective as kicking that someone, in […]

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Tags: Humor · Movies · Top 10

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

November 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ll be back with another top 10 on Monday.

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Tags: Announcements

Clip of the Week: FreeRice.com Feed the Hungry

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Every once in a while someone comes up with a innovative idea. Here is our inspirational clip of the week promoting a way to feed the hungry while getting smarter. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational

Top 10 Things I Learned from ‘The Last Starfighter’

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Hi everyone, I’m Rick, Marvin’s little brother. He asked me to come up with a top ten this week and after some thought I wanted to go with a long time favorite of mine, The Last Starfighter. I hope you enjoy it. Funny doesn’t come easily. Being a timeless tale of […]

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Tags: Humor · Movies

Blog Announcements for 11/19/2007

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been getting clicks on my affiliates but no purchases. I will be getting rid of ‘The Goal Guys‘ and In It For Life. There just doesn’t seem to be enough interest. I’ll be keeping Anthony Robbins
for now.
The humor piece of the week is written by my brother. […]

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Tags: Announcements

Clip of the Week: Kiwi!

November 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Ok, For whatever reason this clip really inspires me. It is also one of the winning videos from last Years YouTube.com Videos of the year. The clip is of a Kiwi, a bird who cannot fly, who comes up with a way through massive effort to create the illusion of flight. And […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Humor · Inspirational