There’s thunder rumbling – get ready for the Lightning. Thief Lightning that is – destined to be a phenominal box office success.

Percy Jackson is the main character in a megapopular fantasy/adventure series created by author Rick Riordan. The Lightning Thief is the long awaited first movie which centers around the adventures of a [...]

My favorite scene comes at the end . . .

Aloha! I’ve been away for a little while, and I thought I’d show you where and what I’ve been up to.  Last Christmas my parents bought my family, my sister’s family and themselves an extended trip to Hawaii.  If you’ve been to our 50th state, which by the way is celebrating it’ 50th anniversary of statehood, [...]

Media Ethics?
If you were a soldier being shot at . . . . would you want your story told
…… or your life saved?
Media Ethics has become synonymus with $cooping the competition.
When we as citizens depend on the media to give us the truth, we need the fourth estate for checks and balance. Not businessmen concened about their own checks and balances.

St. Patrick’s Day: Honoring Famous Leprechauns
 

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Note:  My son made this video, and we edited it together. The first few frames are a bit shaky, but it settles quickly. I think you’ll enjoy it.
The years have been good to the piano men.
Sir Elton Hercules John  (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, [...]

Moving forward requires learning from the mistakes of the past.  Or as poet and philosopher George Santayana stated, ”Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
March 7, 1965 was bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

On February 18, 1965, an Alabama State Trooper, Corporal James Bonard Fowler, shot Jimmie Lee Jackson as he tried to protect [...]

MTV Cribs may be cool, but LU Cribs is red hot.
LU Cribs is the brainchild of Shaye and TC, two talented tennis players from Lander University (where I teach).
Their wit and humor will leave you wanting more.
 

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Let's visit Mayberry.

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A couple of my students from Lander University borrowed from MTV Cribs and created LU Cribs for our Forum Online student news website.

This is funny.

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Let me know what you think.
Prestantia Pictures is Paul (www.paulsfunkystuff.com) Cruthcer and me, Robert (rob’s megaphone) Stevenson.
Paul and I work at Lander University; I am helping Paul, who is the mastermind behind this project,  tell the story of Lander University’s founder, Samuel Lander.
 
Related Links: Lander Forum Online

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Nothing like television news broadcasters (not one, but two) losing it over someone’s misfortune to build empathy and credibility with the viewers.
 

1980’s Rewind
Sometimes I get a little nostalgic for the 1980s?  . . .  that era of early video games, MTV, and The Breakfast Club. After catching an episode of Full House on Nick at Nite, I put down my Rubik’s cube, grabbed a can of TAB,  and did a little retro surfing. Join me as I step back in [...]

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