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Welcome the first ever holiday roundtable from The Wise Guise. Everyone that has done a guest post for us this year was invited to chime in and share their thoughts on Halloween, costumes, candy etc. What follows is the result of a group of absurd people getting together to discuss an absurd holiday. Enjoy! Read more
This is by far the most personal post I’ve ever written. If I had to sit down and write this to be published on The Wise Guise, it would have never been written, for a litany of reasons. But I wrote it as my personal statement for my law school applications. But as I recently watched the E:60 piece about the blessings of family members with special needs, as I went home to visit my sister and see her new adult day program, as tears streamed down my cheek watching multiple scenes with Max and Haddie on “Parenthood,” and as I think about how many unborn lives are ended in utero every day when prenatal screening reveals disabilities, I felt convicted that more people should read this than law school admissions counselors. It’s important for people who know me and people who don’t to hear about Mary. Because to understand me is to understand Mary and to understand Mary is to understand true joy, grace, and the purest blessings of life from our Creator.
Derek Dooley may very well be gone at the end of this season. To be truthful, many people didn’t even expect him to last as long as he has when he took over. However, amidst all the bickering over his fate, people need to recognize that this is not a gloom and doom situation. Given what he inherited, he has done a hell of a job in every part of the coaching job besides winning. Read more
This post will be brief. What I lay out will be clear. My commentary will be minimal. This is because the stories and statistics within this blog post speak for themselves. Commentary from me on this post would diminish the power of the story and stats within it.
Anyone who knows me knows that my faith and family have had the largest impact on the man I am today. Anyone who really knows me knows that my special-needs sister, Mary, is actually the person that has had the largest influence on me. I will be following up this post with one in the next few days discussing my sister Mary and why she’s so perfect. Until then, I just want to share some statistics with you and pass along a story that my wife recently e-mailed to me while I was at work, urging me to be careful when I watched it because it would definitely produce tears. She knows me too well. It’s a story about the true meaning of perfection, and how we often get it so wrong.
We’re ecstatic about today’s guest post from best friend of The Wise Guise, Josh Smith, who previously wrote this joy of a blog post. If we had it our way, Josh would write a new post every day, but he’s a legitimate family man, so alas, no can do. However, we couldn’t be happier to have his book review and movie preview of Cloud Atlas today. Mainly because we wanted to have a clue what was going on in the movie when we saw it and Josh read the book for us. But this post is filled with wit, insight, and a litany of intelligent cultural references. Hope y’all enjoy it as much as we do!
Josh has now seen the movie, as well. After reading this post, check out his Movie Review of Cloud Atlas.
Every election year, the Al Smith Dinner is held in New York. The event is a fundraiser for Roman Catholic charities. It is tradition that most presidential candidates give a toast at the dinner, which usually turns into more of a self-deprecating roast that also throws a few good-hearted, humorous jabs at the opponent as well. The event was held last night. In this “silly season” of the election when things get tenser by the day as the stakes rise, it’s good to see the two candidates share some laughs and some lighter moments.
This is the e-mail I wrote my wife in regards to the upcoming professional and college basketball seasons. I am a die-hard fan of both of Memphis’ teams and last winter, our first as a married couple, basketball become the source of much mutual frustration. This year, I decided to be up-front about my plans for the season. I will keep you updated as the results unfold themselves.
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Yesterday I dropped some truth bombs in my review of Argo. Today I bring it with Seven Psychopaths.
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Well, that second debate was something else. It looked, sounded, and felt more like watching a boxing match than a Town Hall forum, as President Obama and Governor Romney went toe-to-toe with each other more often than appealing to the undecided voters on stage with them or the millions of supporters and potential voters watching at home. So who won? Who lost? What impact does it actually have on the election going forward? Here’s my take…
