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(Un) coincidental

What if there’s no such a thing as coincidence, like in an M. Night Shyamalan “Signs” kind of way? What if my book sales dropped off to zero for my memoir about emerging from the shadow of my father (after my Facebook account was shut down since July for… and I’m just guessing here… trying to promote my book). And I get one more erroneous book sale, out of the blue and after a solid month of social-media-isolation — on the anniversary of the death of my father.

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Tech Logjam Angers Caffeine Junkies

The Millennial / Gen Z / Tech Alliance nearly caused a Starbucks revolt by VB parents (not us) at the Commerce Street location in Dallas,...

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A Commentary on Killing Charlie Kirk

Jason James Barry

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When in Cowboy Country, Go Irish

Jason James Barry

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Blame it on Reno: A NoCal Volleyball Tourney Journey

Jason James Barry

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Hightops

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The Where Were You Day

The MLK Dream Revisited

A Time, Unblinkingly, To Follow The Facts

Kohberger: Comparisons to a Serial Killer

Featured

Why I Voted For Obama, and Trump

In 2008, voting for Barack Obama was a clear decision to me. At the time, America was emerging from two-terms of George W. Bush, Ground...

Blame it on Reno: A NoCal Volleyball Tourney Journey

Nothing throws off an ambling wanderer like being stuck, isolated in a hotel. Welcome to Grand Sierra Resort, the place that doesn’t want...

Memes, With Trolls Waiting to Pounce

There was a time, not long ago, when someone said something in passing and said it to an actual person — and that essentially was that....

Pacific Life & Style
Calinfluence

JOEL TUDOR

Longboard Surfer

It's a different time... Today, it's all about yourself and how to make yourself seem cool. How much talent you have doesn't seem to matter. (Surfermag | Joel Tudor: Unfiltered)

SHARON TERRY

Health Advocate

Researchers don't share. People told us you can't herd cats. Well, yes you can, if you move their food. (TEDMED 2016)

DON WINSLOW

Author

I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are bad. You write a lousy novel and a lousy film. (Don Winslow Quotes)

JAY FLATLEY

Genomics Innovator

We've made tremendous progress, which gives us the confidence that we can get to the endpoint that we expect. (Reuters)

TIFFANY VAN SOEST

Kickboxer

I am definitely a different person in the ring. I walk the line between cocky and confident like a tightrope, and a mean streak comes out. (Lessons In Badassery)

D.A. WALLACH

Musician & Entrepeneur

The reason I invest in technology is it's the only work humans do that is creative. All other types of economic activity are just moving money from one pool to another... (Interview Magazine)