This blog was born so that I could post to my friends, family and anyone else interested from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Now on the eve of 2010 Olympics, as I prepare to board an airplane for British Columbia, I find myself blogging again and reflecting on the only other time I was in [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Greyhound Bus to Vancouver
Posted: January 30, 2010 in Children, Education, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Beijing, British Columbia, Bus, California, Canada, Greyhound, Long Beach, Olympics, Oregon, Pacific National Exhibition, PNE, Vancouver, Washington
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The Audition Tape
Posted: January 23, 2010 in Business, Children, Education, Inspiration, Media, Movies, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Television, WomenTags: Blair Ewalt, Denver School of the Arts, Figure Productions, Steven Spielberg
My 11 year old son, Blair, wants to be a movie director when he grows up and asked if he could attend Denver School of the Arts so he has a better shot at getting into a good film program someday. The audition process was as grueling as getting into college. He needed a 2:00 [...]
Satan Responds to Pat Robertson
Posted: January 17, 2010 in Global Poverty, Haiti, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, Natural Disasters, News, News and Views, Politics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, ReligionTags: 700 Club, CBN, Christian Broadcasting Network, God, Haiti, Lily Coyle, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Pat Robertson, Satan
In an editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune a very clever Lily Coyle took on Pat Robertson of CBN’s 700 Club. You know, the guy who said the earthquake in Haiti happened because former slaves made a pact with the Devil in 1791 in order to overthrow the French. I think she’s got the voice [...]
Haiti Earthquake: Telling the Story
Posted: January 14, 2010 in Business, Global Poverty, Haiti, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, Natural Disasters, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, United States of AmericaTags: ABC, Al Roker, Anderson Cooper, Ann Curry, Blogs, Brian Williams, CBS, cell phones, CNN, Earthquake, Facebook, Haiti, Katie Couric, Kerry Sanders, Los Angeles Times, NBC, New York Times, NGO, Port Au Prince, Twitter, YouTube
The Los Angeles Times and the New York Times are doing a great job reporting a backstory in Haiti. Their journalists are telling how broadcast and cable news handled the incredible logistics of deploying their people to Port Au Prince to cover the story. This is not to diminish the role of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube and cell [...]
Acid Attack Survivor Katie Piper on CNN
Posted: January 12, 2010 in Acid Attacks, Community Service, Crime, Health Care, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, Violence, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, CNN, Great Britain, Katie Piper
Many of you came to this blog to see the story of Juliette’s acid attack. Former model Katie Piper recently spoke to CNN in Great Britain about the brutal attack that changed her life. She is incredibly courageous and is now working to help others through her Katie Piper Foundation (http://www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/.) http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/12/uk.katie.piper.acid.attack/index.html For more information on [...]
Richard Heene: Balloon Boy Incident Not a Hoax
Posted: January 8, 2010 in Children, Colorado, Crime, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Technology, Television, United States of AmericaTags: Balloon Boy, Hoax, Matt Lauer, NBC News, Richard Heene, Today Show
This morning, NBC’s Today Show had an exclusive interview with the Balloon Boy’s dad, Richard Heene. As he prepares for a 90 day jail sentence, Heene, had some choice words about the authorities who he believes have wronged him and his family. NBC’s Matt Lauer grilled him during a fairly contentious interview in which Heene maintains [...]
