So my memory was triggered, and here’s the picture of us speechies, 20 years ago, at PSU. We finished 2nd in the state, losing to Lincoln by only 1 point, says my yearbook. Top row, left to right, is: Keith Anderson ‘85, Susan Beck ‘87, Dan Radmacher ‘85, and Lisa Verch Fletcher ‘86. Bottom row, [...]

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This is where Lisa Verch Fletcher & I did research for our pathetic career as debate partners. When she realized “reference” meant we couldn’t check it out, she threatened to throw it out this window and grab it from the bushes below! Now she’s an award winning investigative reporter for ABC in Phoenix. The irony!

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…I was right here, with 10 friends or so, celebrating our speaking prowess. TWENTY YEARS!!

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Those of you who come to my blog for the scintillating conversation about deep topics may be sadly disappointed over the next few days. As you can see from my posts on Thursday, I’ve entered a whole new technological nirvana-I can blog from my phone. With pictures! This is just way too cool.
So, today, I’ll [...]

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…was particularly good!

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We’re celebrating two birthdays-Elaine’s mom & my mom’s tonight. (Blogged via camera phone on the spot.)

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Here’s the message I gave today, based on 1 John 4: 7-12. Actually, it’s on most of 1 John. And actually, I only gave it during 2nd and 3rd service. Everybody else took over in 1st service, and it was great!

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It’s funny; the blog finally did what I was hoping it would do. We actually had a significant discussion in an online format that was helpful. And that good thing makes it hard to actually post again. How can we top the last discussion?
Oh well, I don’t have to top it; we just need [...]

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This is my movie clip of the day. I’m finally living into one of the classic lines from a classic movie!

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Hi everyone-thanks for the very thoughtful comments from my last post, and thank you for not initiating the process of getting me fired at NFC…at least you haven’t yet! I’ll try and make space to respond soon, as well as to write about our big Settlers of Catan party and experiment on Saturday. [...]

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