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All Along the Watchtower...can a remake, copy, be as good of better than the original? Innovation is not always about creating something entirely new. This is a great story--when you read what Bob Dylan had to say about Jimi Hendrix and what he did to the original version...two very different artists with incredible respect for …
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Wow… who does not love this song? It peaked at #71 on the UK singles chart, and was an elegy for Neil Young's first car, a 1948 Buick Roadmaster hearse. This was apparently a different hearse than the one Stills spotted Young driving around Los Angeles in 1966 which led to the formation of Buffalo Springfield. Neil's beloved Pontiac hearse, "Mort" (a.k.a. "Mortimer …
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“A nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face.” - George Orwell - 1984 Could just be me (a lot of times...it is) but don't we need …
An updated version of this post can be found published with GiANT Worldwide as well. ________________________________________________________ “Now is not a time for sadness and despair, but a time for heroes, champions, in great deeds” -anonymous We talk about heroes, and we all have certain images come to mind. It might be an image of …
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By J. William DeMarco Status quo or in Latin statu quo is literally..."the state in which." Several years ago I attended commander's conference hosted by a Major General. The General was quick to make the point that there are three kinds of commanders: 1) Those that make the organization better 2) Those that make the …
Over the past few weeks I have been doing a good bit of reading, thinking, and note-taking on the USAF’s Core Values of integrity, excellence, and service, and thought it time to actually try to come up with something worthy of writing and then I came across a couple thoughts while reading a Bible study. …
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. - Zig Ziglar By J. William DeMarco What do you want to be remembered for? When you die wouldn’t it be great if people would say, “I was so blessed to know him/her. I thank God for …
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The drifter makes no attempt to discipline or control his thoughts, and he never learns the difference between positive thinking and negative thinking. He allows his mind to drift with any stray thought which may float into it. People who drift in connection with their thought habits are sure to drift on other subjects as …
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors, as well as a poet. Following The Doors' explosive rise to fame in 1967, Morrison developed a severe alcohol and drug dependency that culminated in his death at the age of 27 in Paris. He is presumed to have died from a heroin …
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