I’ve been working in Photoshop since version 3.0. Photoshop (and design in general) has come a long way. With each new version there are features available to help make my job easier and make the finished product look better. But there is one part of my industry that I’m ashamed of…
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Over the last few weeks more and more information has been released on the CIA’s use of waterboarding to gain information from so-called “high value” terrorist suspects. Water-boarding is a centuries-old practice used to coerce prisoners during interrogations by using water to cut off oxygen and to…
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Failure is hard, but sucess is far more dangerous. If you’re successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever…
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Having just celebrated Easter, we’re reminded of a grace so strong and passionate that it loved us enough to meet us where we are. And it is this same grace continues to draw and provoke us to grow more and more into the person…
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A couple of weeks ago my brother showed me the music video for the song Handlebars by the Hip-Hop group Flobots. The song is pretty amazing and lyrically rich by itself but the music video really drives the message home. I watched the video 3 or 4 times in a row and each time picked up something different…
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Our country’s capitol punishment rate has been decreasing steadily since 1999 (when in one year 98 people on Death Row were executed). On March 18, 2009, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill to repeal the death penalty, making New Mexico the 3rd state in the last two years to abandon the death penalty…
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What do you do when you’re running low on creativity and inspiration? How do you get yourself back on track? I’m going to let you in on a little self-administered therapy I’m prescribing for myself. These are three things I came up with that I need to work on in my personal life. And I can all but guarantee that chances are, you’re struggling with at least one of these…
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Something I really work on is truly engaging people when I’m in a conversation. One of my big pet peeves is talking to someone who doesn’t tune into the conversation. Have you ever been in a conversation where the other party is looking at their watch, their phone, over your shoulder?
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Valentines day is tomorrow and across the country millions of guys will be rushing to pick up roses, chocolate, jewelery and other gifts for their sweetie. Here are some facts and figures to consider before you do your shopping: This year Americans will spend $540 million dollars on Valentine Cards, $6.3 billion will be spent on flowers, $1.1 billion will be spent on chocolate…
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Obama’s controversial choice of inviting Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration has stirred up a lot of animosity on the part of gays and lesbians who, through the years, have felt hatred from the Church. I recently read a column that singer/songwriter/gay-activist Melissa Etheridge wrote in a local newspaper about Rick Warren…
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