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Shadow In The Deep -- L. B. Graham |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Saturday, 27 May 2006 |
L. B. Graham's third book in The Binding Of The Blade series,
Shadow In The Deep is his best to date. The series is set in a
Tolkien-like world at a time when the evil power, Malek, has begun a
massive invasion to try to take over the world. Graham's strength in
these books is his ability to create a rich and engaging world that is
vast in scope while developing real and exciting characters.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 July 2006 )
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
Last week a group of us from work headed over to the F1 Race Factory, an indoor kart racing facility here in Phoenix. These karts are not the same as the little go-karts seen at some amusement parks. These things travel at up to 45 MPH as they race along the 1/4 track full of twists and turns. Take a turn a little too fast an you'll find yourself sliding across the track. Take the turn way too fast and you'll be doing cookies while the other races fly past. If you're looking for some fast paced excitement, this is probably what you're looking for.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 May 2006 )
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The Noel Family Pool 2006 Season Begins |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Sunday, 30 April 2006 |
 Our pool season started today! After waiting through the cold winter months the water tempurature in our pool and the outside temperature were finally high enough and we decided to go swimming in our pool for the first time in 2006. It was fun. If we're going to live in the desert we might as well take advantage of all that sunshine and enjoy ourselves in the water. As you can see from the pictures below the kids are sure having a good time. Even the grown up ones... |
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Thursday, 20 April 2006 |
Before 1995, as far as the public was concerned, the Internet didn't
exist. Sure, Al Gore invented it sometime back in the 60's, but the
public wasn't really aware of it until Netscape burst onto the scene
with their handly little Navigator. During the intial exposure there
were mixed opinions about the future of the WWW and the Internet but
it is likely that no one seriously thought it would become what it has
become today. Each day millions of websites are updated with fresh
content and thousands of brand new websites are published. In the
midst of all of this a new business opportunity is emerging.
Technically it is called domain monetization.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 April 2006 )
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Written by Mike Noel
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Tuesday, 11 April 2006 |
 As a romantic comedy Failure To Launch just didn't work for me.
Matthew McConaughey plays a live-at-home bachelor, Tripp, who
apparently prefers the life of luxury living at home. The parents are
not pleased with their border so they hire a Paula, played by Sarah
Jessica Parker, to help get their son out. Paula is a self-proclaimed
expert at helping men gain the confidence needed to move out and start
a life on their own. Her methods are simple and straight-forward.
She makes the young man fall in love with her and then slowly makes
the relationship more and more serious. Through the relationship she
builds their self-confidence so that by the time she breaks up with
them they are ready to stand on their own. The twist in this whole
story is that Paula ends up falling in love with Tripp and that messes
up the whole plan.
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Saturday, 08 April 2006 |
 Proof is a movie about the struggle of a daughtler coming to gripes with her father's illness and resulting death. Anthony Hopkins plays the father who was a brilliant mathematician early in his life. In his early 20's he made astounding and ground-breaking strides in his field and soon became recognized as a genius. But soon his genius turned to mental instability. Before he was 30 he was mentally disabled an unable to function independently. His daughter, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, gave up her promising life to care for him. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 April 2006 )
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Sunday, 26 March 2006 |
 In this book George Leonard describes the concept of "mastery" and explains how to acheive it. Mastery is defined not as a goal to be achieved but as an acceptance, and even enjoyment, of the process of learning and growing in a skill. The journey is much more important than the destination. Leonard states that this focus on the process rather than the end result is counter intuitive to our western, result-oriented culture. He encourages the reader to look past the immediate gratification of results and embrance the times on the plateaus of development.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 July 2006 )
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Written by Mike Noel
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Sunday, 05 March 2006 |
 Kids grow up fast. Ask any parent. One of the major milestones is learning to ride a bike -- without training wheels. This was acheived by my twins a couple months ago. As you may recall, it's a scary thing letting go of the training wheels. When I first took them off the bikes neither of the kids were willing to ride their bikes. They both took a sudden interest in the skateboards and scooters we had hanging around the garage. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 March 2006 )
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The Great Balloon Adventure |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Sunday, 05 March 2006 |
 One of the pleasant things about living where we live is the abundance of hot air balloons. Prior to moving to this part of the country I had seen maybe a couple dozen balloons in real life. This north part of the Phoenix valley must be the ballooning capital of the world. Nearly every day of the year we can easily spot five to ten balloons floating in the sky. Some are much closer than others. On one particular day a hot air balloon almost landed on our house!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 March 2006 )
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