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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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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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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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Lake Pleasant Camping Trip |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Sunday, 19 February 2006 |
 On January 1st my Dad and I took my oldest son on his first camping trip. We went to Lake Pleasant which is only about 30 minutes from our house. Even though the trip was only one night it was still a lot of fun for all of us. We didn't do many activities but we got to enjoy being out doors and all the things associated with camping. Most of all, my son had a great time. We can't wait to do it again. Below are some pictures from the trip.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 19 February 2006 )
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The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Sunday, 11 December 2005 |
This movie is a great rendition of the book. As expected, a few things have been added, altered, or deleted in the on-screen retelling of the story but none of the changes take away from the original story. By today's standards some of the special effects and filming are a tiny bit rough. Again, this isn't something that ruins the movie.
Narnia and it's talking animals has always been a special place for children. This movie was tailored for this younger audience. It has some intense battle scenes but nothing anywhere near as action packed as the battles in the Lord Of The Ring movies. Even the climactic scene with the witch and Aslan is toned down a bit compared to the heart wrenching book depiction.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 December 2005 )
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The Shadow Within -- Karen Hancock |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Friday, 11 November 2005 |
The Shadow Within is the second book in the Legends Of The Guardian King series by Karen Hancock. With her first book in the series ( The Light Of Eidon) Karen Hancock set the bar quite high for adult Christian fantasy and with this book she raises it even higher. The story continues a year or so after the first book ends. By this time Abramm Kaladorne has determined it is time for him to take his rightful place as the king of Kiriath. His first task will be to unseat his brother who has taken over the throne through deceit and treachery.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 July 2006 )
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Buy Jupiter -- Issac Asimov |
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Written by Mike Noel
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Thursday, 24 November 2005 |
 A little Asimov goes a long way for me. It was 15 or 20 years ago that I read four books from the Foundation series. At that time I enjoyed them a lot but not enough to find other Asimov stuff to read. Recently I finished a collection of Asimov shorts called Buy Jupiter. The title of the anthology is taken from the title of one of the stories in the collection. The first few stories were interesting but by about halfway through the book I was pretty bored with it.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 July 2006 )
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Thursday, 24 November 2005 |
 Prime is one of those movies I would have rather not seen. It was certainly not worth the price of admission to the theater. It is a love triangle involving one man and two women. The man, it turns out, is really not much more than a boy (23 years old), one of the women is the 37 year old love interest and the other woman is the boy's mother. She also happens to be the woman's therapist. The point of the movie is summarized in one of the therapists monologues: "sometimes you love, you learn, and then you move on". That was what was so annoying about this movie. No substance. Just one big fling, with a bunch of awkward moments, that in the end turned out to be nothing.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 November 2005 )
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