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Rocky Mountain Snyder Family XMAS | 13
Eleven years ago, I went to my first Falfins Swim Team banquet and as I look back, I remember thinking, “God, how long is this going to take?” In May, my all-growed-up 18-year-old, Carli, gave her senior farewell speech. Meanwhile, I’m sure there was some age-group dad sitting in the back, complaining, “I can’t believe there’s no beer at this banquet.” Been there, thought that. Continue reading
Top 10 Favorite Lines from Seth Godin’s ‘Tribes’
I read Seth Godin’s 2008 book, “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us,” recently and I took notes of my favorite lines. I whittled them down from 23 to 10. A quick synopsis … anyone can lead from any position in a company or in the world, they just need to step up, use the tools available to each of us and serve up a creative, compelling message that people will 1. want to follow and 2. want to share.
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Tour de Cure 2013 … the road report
ShareTweet For the fifth year in a row, I rode in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure on Saturday, Sept. 21. The temps started out in the 60s and ventured north into the 70s, blue skies with very little … Continue reading
Recalling 1972 Olympic basketball controversy
In the summer of 2002, I produced the U.S. Olympic Team website and we built a microsite to honor the 30th anniversary of the historic 1972 Olympic Games, featuring a day-by-day recap, plus interviews with all of the top U.S. athletes, like Mark Spitz, Frank Shorter, Dave Wottle, Dan Gable, Bob Seagren, Micki King, Sandy Neilson and others. I had a conversation with Mike Bantom, a member of the basketball team, who were robbed of their gold medal. This is one of my favorite Olympic interviews. Continue reading
My Review of Catch-22, an all-time classic
On some Top 100 lists for the greatest fiction ever written, Catch-22 is ranked top 10 and even top five, so why didn’t I like it? And what is the connection between Catch-22 and M.A.S.H.? I get to the bottom of it with my review. Continue reading
