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Indisputable Action Hero Mount Rushmore X2
Read more: Indisputable Action Hero Mount Rushmore X2What makes an action hero? Is it the actor or the character? Well, both. But sometimes, you get the perfect actor in the perfect role. Those make up my first Mount Rushmore – the most iconic action-hero roles. But the actors who’ve proven themselves over a host of roles deserve their own Mt. Rushmore too…
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Greatest Action-adventure Novels to Preserve Man Cards
Read more: Greatest Action-adventure Novels to Preserve Man CardsMan Card Slipping Through My Fingers Last night I stayed up late to finish a riveting novel. Intense suspense, with intriguing plot twists, shootouts, and cars plummeting over the edge of ravines. Oh, and the romance. By romance, I mean lots of romance. You see, this was Romantic suspense novel, written by a woman, with…
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Laugh, Think, Cry – A Full Day
Read more: Laugh, Think, Cry – A Full DayChallenged to write about the deep topic of Emotional Expression, my thoughts led to the late Jimmy Valvano, who coached NC State to a shocking NCAA basketball tournament upset over Houston to win the 1983 national championship. In his famous Never Give Up speech, a cancer-stricken Jimmy V. delivered a now-famous line about a full…
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Who Needs Directions? Why Men are Never Lost
Read more: Who Needs Directions? Why Men are Never LostOn one of our first dates, my future wife and I had had enough of the theme park and were headed for the exits. Confidently, I led the way, taking a shortcut we hadn’t walked yet. But I knew it was the best choice. And even if it weren’t, we could adjust. To my horror,…
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Amazing Feats of Strength – Raw Power and Hysterical Strength
Read more: Amazing Feats of Strength – Raw Power and Hysterical StrengthFor the Rest of Us? Feats of strength? Is this blog about Festivus, from Seinfeld? Well, no, but I couldn’t help but reference it to kick things off. What’s your favorite Festivus tradition? The Festivus dinner or airing of grievances? For me, it’s got to be feats of strength. In the classic Seinfeld episode, this…
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Fascinating True Stories – Too Unbelievable For The Movies
Read more: Fascinating True Stories – Too Unbelievable For The MoviesIn a world where fiction needs to be believable and non-fiction is so wild it’s unbelievable, strap in for heroic train stops, jockeys winning post-mortem, and comets causing royal panic. Brace for Booth’s ironic rescue, Napoleon’s bunny debacle, identity mix-ups with life-altering bonds, and solitary ocean survival. Chuckle at space pranks, and salute a Polish…