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Gift-giving at Christmas is a relatively new idea. Until a couple of centuries ago, Christmas was reserved as a religious holiday on a noncommercial basis. Many of our forefathers would have believed that trading presents on the day set aside to observe Christ's birthday was near blasphemy. However, gift giving became a generally accepted practice and was used primarily to show appreciation to loved ones.

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Tiger Woods and the choices we make.  The Tiger Woods saga hardly rises to the level of Greek tragedy.  Yet watching the wreck of Woods' career, one experiences something of the horror that Athenian audiences felt. His descent was every bit as precipitous and sudden as that of Oedipus upon learning that Jocasta was his mother. A month ago, he was the most admired man in the world. One could not walk around the corner in any major metropolitan airport in the world without confronting Tiger's smiling visage or his hand raised in triumph on some 18th green.

A Holocaust scholar, the niece of an SS-officer who oversaw the slaughter of 30,000 Jews, returns to the scene of the crime.  Murder is almost as old as humanity itself. When Cain, the first born son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother Abel, he could not hide his deed but was questioned by God: "What have you done?

They say that film is a powerful medium. But when was the last time you continued to think about a movie days after you saw it? Well it just happened to me after having seen James Cameron's new film Avatar.

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Give me one, pure image. A newborn baby. An ocean at dawn. The sun sinking slowly behind the mountains, dripping pink light in its wake. White roses.

Give me one pure moment. That last step to the top of a steep mountain. Diving in just the right spot into the middle of an enormous wave. Looking into your spouse's eyes and seeing his soul...

I am not a leader. Period.
I'm a follower ... and a good one, at that. I'm quiet, unassuming, timid, cautious, and decidedly unadventurous. I avoid the limelight and disdain any kind of attention. I dislike parties. I have the personality of a stapler. Heck, I don't even vote. In short, I just mind my own business.
Sound like you?

Well, I have some important news for you.

YOU'RE WRONG!

Sorry for yelling, but I'm trying to make sure I get my message through to you.