Tag Archives: Life

December 29

GMA host Robin Roberts comes out as a lesbian.

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Originally posted on QLiC Press:
Robin Roberts comes out as a lesbian. Yesterday, via FaceBook, GMA co-host Robin Roberts thanked her “longtime girlfriend” for her support throughout these last two challenging years of her life during which she bravely battled cancer and grieved the death of her mother. The post publicly indicated Roberts’s sexuality for…

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December 28

1942 ‘Time Capsule’ Apartment Discovered In Paris

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Originally posted on BELLO:
This real-estate story sounds almost like a fairy tale or the beginning of a big Hollywood production. Back in 2010 a Parisian apartment on the Right Bank, near the Opéra Garnier, left unoccupied since 1942 was discovered. It was owned by Madame de Florian – a socialite and an actress –…

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December 27

The New Year Ahead

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Some New Year’s Resolutions to consider.

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December 21

The Price of Freedom

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Photographer Molhem Barakat, who freelanced for Reuters covering the civil war in Syria, died on Friday while photographing a battle between rebels and government loyalists over a hospital.

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December 19

‘A Kiss At The End of the Rainbow’

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“A Mighty Wind” is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy-drama film about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands must reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. One of my favorite songs in it is ‘A Kiss At The End of the Rainbow.’ Check out the song and let […]

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December 09

Bring Todd Home

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A 25-year-old man left his warm house in Carmel Valley Sunday and spent the night in freezing temperatures on the street. Todd Sondgroth has vowed to remain homeless until he raises $10,000 for charities that help Monterey County’s homeless population. “I’m going homeless and risking my family, my job, and my life to INSPIRE,” Sondgroth wrote. […]

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December 05

Dropbox CEO Explains How He Turned His ‘Distraction’ Into a $4 Billion Company

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Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston recently gave the commencement speech at MIT, where he shared what’s on his personal cheat sheet. “There are no warmups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Every day we’re writing a few more words of a story. And when you die, it’s not like “here lies Drew, he came […]

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December 04

Berlin Moments

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“Du bist verrückt mein Kind, du mußt nach Berlin.” (“You are crazy, my child. You must go to Berlin.”) – Franz von Suppe, composer, 1800. Franz con Suppe was an Austrian composer of operas. He wrote the Light Cavalry Overture and many of the works. His overtures have appeared in many cartoons and children’s entertainment. However, […]

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December 02

Festival of Lights, Festival of Life

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  Chanukah has always meant more to me than just being about presents, candles, or dreidel. It is about pushing the darker elements of life out of our existence. This might sound existential or random, but take a look at the quotes below and I think you might agree. So when you light the menorah […]

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November 29

Dan Eldon – The Journey is the Destination

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Dan Eldon (1970 – 1993) was born in London in 1970 to an American mother and a British father. He was an English photojournalist, artist, and activist. When he was 22, he and three colleagues were stoned to death by an angry mob in Mogadishu in an incident before the Battle of Mogadishu. He left […]

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