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Yeah, I Was an Idiot……Was?? Hacked, Hoaxed, or Spammed

February 6, 2013
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Yeah, I Was an Idiot……Was?? Hacked, Hoaxed, or Spammed

Hacked, hoaxed, and spammed. Those are things we like to happen, aren’t they ? Three of my family members that I know of got their Twitter account hacked in the Twitter hacking earlier this week. Usually those things are just an aggravation since they are just hacking your account to get out advertisements to other people, and obviously their usually not getting your bank account numbers or anything. I don’t make it a habit of giving my bank account numbers to Twitter. Although, anyone who hacked into my accounts until these kids get out of college would be mighty disappointed! However, years ago -probably a dozen or so, when I was still fairly new to the whole online world, I was going through my email, which wasn’t as much as…

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Fighting Anxiety or Depression in 2013? You can!

January 9, 2013
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Fighting Anxiety or Depression in 2013? You can!

So, it’s the first full week of the new year, 2013.  and there are so many rings going through my head that I’m not sure as to were to take this blog this year. Since I’ve branched out into other areas of cyberspace, I want this site to continue to help and encourage others. “But I saw and article today and it’s contents would relate to a lot of people – More people now than…

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The Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions….Is yours here?

December 27, 2012
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The Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions….Is yours here?

Ok. I tend to get sad after Christmas because I love Christmas and it’s over, but it doesn’t have to be a sad time. So, I try to look toward the new year with great anticipation. So, yeah, it’s time to make those new year’s resolutions. And, if we make them more than resolutions, but make them commitments to God and ourselves, I think they tend to work better.   Anyway, I recently saw that…

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One Solid Way to Make Your New Year Goals Come To Pass

December 23, 2012
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My mind runs in several directions at once, and sometimes neither way leads to anything productive. Then, sometimes even I do something right. Well, nothing really comes to mind right now, but I will think of something sooner or later. It’s Christmas Eve, but after such a great Church service experience yesterday morning, my mind is already well into 2013. I think it will be a great year in many ways. I know there will…

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A Hilarious Fall – The WORST Way to Change A Conversation (let’s laugh a little)

December 18, 2012
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A Hilarious Fall – The WORST Way to Change A Conversation (let’s laugh a little)

It was over ten years ago now. And it’s still not funny.   Oh, it’s funny to my friends and co-workers who were there at the time. Me? Not so much. Let me set the stage. My boss, the Senior Pastor at our church, has just had some major dental surgery. In my mind, he should have been home in bed, but noooooo, he was determined to preach that day. I hope that doesn’t sound…

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7 Ways To Face Your Holiday Blues

December 12, 2012
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7 Ways To Face Your Holiday Blues

(Oddly, but not really…this  post below was received well last year. We can sometimes allow the Christmas season to stir up a lot of negative emotions as well as the good ones. With minor changes, I’m reprinting it). We continue to work toward the 2nd Half Energy launch. I’m glad to see you signing up. It’s no big deal, just some folks committing a few months to get some tips and encouragement to get fit…

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Some People Aren’t Having a Wonderful Christmas Because….

December 9, 2012
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Some People Aren’t Having a Wonderful Christmas Because….

(This is an updated version of a post that I think is important for us as we move through this season. Let me first remind you of the new site (CLICK HERE) that people are getting in on. I’ve been prepping for this and there will be free materials to help you with a commitment to get MORE ENERGY, LOSE WEIGHT, and be MORE HEALTHY in the 2013. I’m committing to this January – March…

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Make this Season Great By One Simple Thing

December 8, 2012
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Make this Season Great By One Simple Thing

(I want to break our “Most Wonderful Time” series for a day to give our some Christmas encouragement below. I also want to remind you that we’re still taking sign-ups for those who want to be on the 2ndHalfEnergy mailings list for our after holiday, EASY fitness journey. It’s my goal to do that blog at least from January-March to help us all with our fitness goals (and to keep myself motivated).  You CAN feel…

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Time to Decide If This WILL Be “The Most Wonderful Time of The Year”

December 6, 2012
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Time to Decide If This WILL Be “The Most Wonderful Time of The Year”

(MERRY CHRISTMAS! As the new site is being built, I hope you enjoy the “Most Wonderful Time” series from last year. And get on our new mailing (at least from January -March) as we talk about how to get more energy, lose weight, and get fit in your mid thirties, forties, fifties, and beyond. Click on this link - GREAT NEW YEAR AHEAD  Read the info. If you don’t have time for that, just fill…

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How to Have The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

December 5, 2012
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How to Have The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

(In the next few days you will find some re-posts of the Christmas series from last year. We’ve had a number of folks come on board since then. So I thought I would post some of it again while I am working on the new site).  Speaking of the new site…remember to check it out for your new year energy and better fitness. Read about it RIGHT HERE, and plan to START YOUR NEW YEAR RIGHT by signing up in…

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How To Increase Your Energy! And It’s Not The Grasshopper Fitness Plan

December 4, 2012
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How To Increase Your Energy! And It’s Not The Grasshopper Fitness Plan

(If you are an email subscriber, I hope you will click the headline in the email so you will see the entire contents of okay’s idea). This could be one of those points in life that doesn’t make sense for me and I could really find out that I may be as dumb as I appear to be. Have you ever had an idea that wouldn’t leave you, and you think it might be the most ridiculous…

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Good News for 2013

December 1, 2012
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Good News for 2013

We’re excited about a new venture coming up in a few weeks. Come be a part of it! Find a quick announcement RIGHT HERE. Talk to you soon!    

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Why Does Channing Tatum Have the Edge??

November 29, 2012
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Why Does Channing Tatum Have the Edge??

Good grief. What does a guy have to do? It’s been year since I was cast aside when Bradley Cooper was named as People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Now this year I don’t believe it!! Some totally unknown dude by the name of Channing Tatum gets the top honors. What kind of name is that anyway? Is that a man or a woman’s name? At least I have a man’s name. What a racket. This whole…

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When Lack of Energy Keeps You From Thriving

November 28, 2012
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When Lack of Energy Keeps You From Thriving

Only you can decide if this particular blog post is for you. I’m writing this to those I call the 2nd Halfers, those who might be in the second half of their life. I don’t know if that age is 35, 40, or 5o for you! But this topic could affect people at most any age, but concerning the age factor this problem starts raising its head a bit in the late thirties, then intensifies…

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Cyber Monday Deals Pt. 2

November 24, 2012
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Cyber Monday Deals Pt. 2

Okay, a lot of you came by the site yesterday to take a look at the links. (Have you SUBSCRIBED yet)? There’s no doubt that people really get excited about deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I posted 5 Cyber Monday links and a link to the Amazon Black Friday sales and it was one of our best website traffic days we’ve ever had. (Note to self: cut down on the lame humor and…

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5 Websites To Help You Save On Cyber Monday

November 23, 2012
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5 Websites To Help You Save On Cyber Monday

 I write this there are multitudes of people already in the stores or standing in line to get the “fabulous” Back Friday Deals. Annette and I, along with our friends, Jeff and Tamara at one time participated as couples in the magnificent madness. Jeff went around with his organized yellow pad, methodically checking off items that were on his list, while I kind of goofed off, laughed and cut up, and just wanted Starbucks. So,…

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A Long Run, Hungry Kids, Waffle House, & A Great Memory

November 20, 2012
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A Long Run, Hungry Kids, Waffle House, & A Great Memory

I just thought about writing this story today and realized that I had posted it last year at Thanksgiving. Since there is a good number of you that have come on board since last year I thought I would re-post it. I hope you all have a great thanksgiving! Several years ago, my wife, Annette, had trained to run in the Atlanta Half Marathon. If you’re unfamiliar with that, it’s roughly a 13 mile run.…

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Franklin Graham: “We Have Turned Our Backs On God”

November 19, 2012
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Franklin Graham: “We Have Turned Our Backs On God”

It’s really been interesting hearing all of the pundits and prognosticators give their opinions and predictions about the future of our country since the election a couple of weeks ago. On either side of an almost 50-50 split in our country, I believe that Americans want what’s best for our country. We want to be a nation blessed by God, however, the pathway to those blessings isn’t agreed upon as it once was. This website…

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Ready For Obamacare? How Will It Affect You?

November 16, 2012
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Ready For Obamacare? How Will It Affect You?

Getting ready for Obamacare? Probably should. How will Obamacare  affect you? We better find out. It’s a’comin’. There do not seem to be many paths to strike down this governmental Goliath. It couldn’t be stopped at the Supreme Court and we certainly didn’t open up a path for it to be stopped on election night. My mind is still a bit fuzzy about that day. But, I’m out of denial and on my way to…

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Thriving In The Next Four Years

November 9, 2012
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Thriving In The Next Four Years

Believe it or not I don’t think the world came to an end on Tuesday evening, Nov. 6, 2012. Yep, conservative core beliefs that I have concerning the future of our country took a big hit. No matter what party affiliation one might have, and if they have any working knowledge of our government, they should know that our country voted for bigger, stronger government rather than a limited one. So, let’s don’t even debate…

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Suiting Up Ready For Sundays?

October 6, 2012
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Suiting Up Ready For Sundays?

Have you seen the Iron Man movies? You know how Tony Stark steps up and all of the robotic pieces assemble the iron man suit on him in just a few seconds and he’s ready to save the world? Well, I need some investors to fund a super secret project I’m working on specifically for Sunday mornings. Wouldn’t you like to get out of bed, step on small platform, say a command and boom, clip,…

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Dad’s Double Standard For Dating

April 14, 2012
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Dad’s Double Standard For Dating

Ok, just something on my mind. No political commentary. We have a long way to go before November. There’s plenty of time for that. But I’m confessing a double standard in my parenting. Guilty. I admit it. Maybe I should be ashamed of myself, but I’m not. Call me a hypocrite, call me a sinner. I already knew my propensity for sin. But, when my son began dating years ago, I did not nearly check…

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Your Project Large But Your Time Short?

February 12, 2012
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Your Project Large But Your Time Short?

(NOTE: This is a reprint of an article of Brian’s that was published on worshipleader.com a few weeks ago. Although the specific examples are about music rehearsals, it’s actually a general leadership strategy for many projects. We hope you find it helpful.) Don’t you love it when the project is too big and the rehearsal time available is too short? Yeah, that’s always fun, huh? But bring it on! That’s just what we have to do…

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Having The Tough Conversations

January 23, 2012
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Don’t you just wake up in the morning, spring out of bed, hoping and praying that you will have an incredibly difficult or awkward conversation with some someone that day. I know I do. I live for hard conversations Yeah! It motivates me…..Yeah!……NO! Absolutely not. I hate those things. You know, the conversations that we know are needed, they’ve been coming, and we may have put them off as long as possible. For me, I…

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Ignoring My “Internal Geezer” and Embracing Innovation

October 21, 2011
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Ignoring My “Internal Geezer” and Embracing Innovation

  I made up my mind. I set the goal. I committed myself to it. I planned on doing it. Period. And this was …maybe 30 years ago…. So, now you’re doing the math and thinking, Brian must have been about 4 yrs old then, huh? But before I tell you what that decision was, let me tell you what I’m trying to do presently to keep that commitment and accomplish the goal. I am…

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Finding Mr. Cellophane For Good Customer Service

October 11, 2011
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Finding Mr. Cellophane For Good Customer Service

There I stood in my secret identity as Mr. Cellophane…. All I wanted was a set of tires. I was a buyer, not a shopper. I had my money, knew what I wanted, and found it for a good price – let’s do it. So, as far as I’m concerned this tire thing is a done deal. I dropped by the tire store – a rather large retailer. So I walk in and there stood…

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December 25, 2012
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Need another gift? Download an Amazon Gift Certificate here…And, yes. I’m Batman

December 22, 2012
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Need another gift? Download an Amazon Gift Certificate here…And, yes. I’m Batman

Wow, the traffic is bad out there. But it’ a great day! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Some folks were commenting earlier about my Batman tweet today. I know you thought his identity was Bruce Wayne, and not me… but we learn new things everyday. Backstory – I have on a Batman shirt right now. My wife is making me wear it. She thought it was cute. It’s an old shirt that…

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