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An Overdue Post and a Capstone Presentation
Well, it’s been some time since I posted anything here. Like, a loooong time. But I’m back! I had to “create” my own website for a school assignment, so I decided to brush the dust off the good ol’ blog and make sure everything was working properly. For those of you visiting my blog for the first time, whether to watch my capstone video or for some other reason, welcome! Take off your shoes and stay a while. This is the place where I recorded my insights from each and every week of my 52 Godly Men journey. What’s that? You’ve never heard of 52 Godly Men? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Take a look at some of my older blogs and discover the 52 Godly Men journey for yourself. … Read entire article »
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A Week of Wonder (And Marching)
I must say, I had never heard of American Legion Boys State before my junior year of high school, and even when I was selected as a delegate, I didn’t really have any idea of what I was in for. In the two or three weeks leading up to the event, I heard mention of marching, and learning about government, and becoming governor, but mostly about marching. In other words, I had absolutely no idea … Read entire article »
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Lord of the Rings: CGI vs. Special Effects
The following is a required paper that I wrote for a college class on the subject of entertainment. I chose to write on the topic of movies, and the sub-topic of the world of special effects. David Thompson ENGL 110 Dr. Summerlin Did The Lord of the Rings Turn Into “Lord of the Screen” Because of CGI or Real Effects? The Lord of the Rings was a movie full of potential. It was based on the number two best-selling book … Read entire article »
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Panera’s Box: A Restaurant of Surprises
To understand the following story, you have to understand that I play guitar. A lot. I love guitar like Jordan loves basketball, or like Captain America loves the stars and stripes. But the guitar that I’d had for the past five-odd years was starting to look like an eight-track tape player; old and dysfunctional. So I had been searching for a new guitar for quite some time, although none ever quite seemed to fit. That was until right before my birthday, when I spotted the guitar of my dreams in a local music store, screaming, “Play me, David! Hold me close!” It not only stayed in tune and sounded nice and rich, but it looked almost too beautiful for words, sitting there shining in the imagined moonlight streaming from my … Read entire article »
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Down Time in Bishkek
Happy Saturday everyone! Not that today is a holiday or anything, but I had a good day today, and I can’t wait to start sharing about it. And as always, I’ll start at the beginning. Because Dad is an ISP man, he got to meet some computer geeks this morning, and talk with them about servers, and voice-over IP, and a bunch of other stuff. I went with him, and learned some more about computer language. … Read entire article »
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