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The Blockbuster Video Rental at Home

I see a lot of nostalgia for the video store rental atmosphere online these days. Rightly so. The experience was whimsical and wonderful. Friday nights walking into Blockbuster with my parents and sister was always an adventure. The outer walls were filled with the latest Hollywood hits. The interesting and obscure was scattered vicariously throughout the middle sections and and the video games were always closest to the register where it’d be more difficult for…

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Active Listening

As Jeff Kennon describes in his blog posts. Active listening is a lost art. It’s difficult to slow down in our daily lives and pay attention to those around us. Afterall, we are busy people and always occupied with ourselves. “Now this habit of asking about another’s day I’m trying to walk in is much more involved than just spouting out some southern hospitality. I’m trying not to ask how someone’s doing as a form…

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