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Death to Funerals

On a recent hike with one of my best friends I mentioned my distain for funerals and he nodded knowingly. You see, he turns 40 this year – and I’m only a year away – so deep conversations are more prone to brush up against …

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beauty, Belief, Faith, fatherhood, Friendship, Hiking, Hollywood, Inspiration, John Hughes, kids, Learning, Purpose, Rants, society, Tony Scott6 Comments on Death to FuneralsAugust 20, 2012 By todd

Days Without Incident

As my wife and I sat and shared with our small group the other night we both came to a similar moment of inspiration. We giggled like junior-high kids and since then the idea has stayed with me, filtering down through my subconscious and banging …

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Christianity, Faith, Friendship, Learning, marriage, Park City2 Comments on Days Without IncidentJanuary 15, 2012 By todd

The Death of Peter Pan…

Los Angeles doesn’t just have an obsession with youth, it actually pro-longs youth. I see pictures of people in their early thirties from somewhere in the Midwest and always marvel that they look older than people around me in their early forties. Elsewhere is seems …

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Friendship, Inspiration, Jobs, kids, marriage, Peter Pan, RantsLeave a Comment on The Death of Peter Pan…December 3, 2009 By todd

Where Were You…

I’m a child of 80s pop culture. Those were my defining years. And I’m a story teller and filmmaker, so the films from that era shaped me. And the iconic films of the 80s were mostly made by one man, John Hughes. He died suddenly …

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80s, Belief, Fear, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Friendship, Hollywood, Inspiration, John Hughes, Rants2 Comments on Where Were You…August 6, 2009 By todd

TweetBook…

If approving a friend or following someone sounds like a typical day in front of your computer then you understand how ubiquitous social networking sites have become. In theory, we are all supposed to feel more connected. To never lose touch. To know what all …

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Friendship, Networking, Stupidity, Technology, writing1 Comment on TweetBook…July 30, 2009 By todd
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