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Steve Jobs Was 56
The chairman of Apple computers is dead. I think I first encountered a personal computer around 1981 at the Albion Field Station, a Seventh-Day Adventist retreat in Mendocino County affiliated with Pacific Union College. The operator of the station had … Continue reading
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A Painful Life Lesson From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Assignment: Write about a big lesson you’ve learned in life. Give the person you became an Indian name and give the lesson an Indian name. Person I became: Broken Arrow Lesson: Trying Too Hard I fear that I did something … Continue reading
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I’ll Never Forget Her Tears
* There was this girl in fifth grade (Avondale College Primary School) who liked me. I couldn’t stand it so I tortured her. I used to leave tacks on her chair. When she sat down, she’d scream and start crying. … Continue reading
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She Looked Like Julia Roberts
April 24, 1970. Two days after her 40th birthday, my mother pressed my father’s hand and said, “Thank you for a lovely life.” Then she slipped into a coma and died from bone cancer. I was not yet four. May, … Continue reading
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The Crisis
I sat around tonight with a friend and did writing exercises. Here’s mine: Was there an unexpected event that forced you into a crisis? In February of 1988, I woke up one morning to the biggest crisis of my life. … Continue reading
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The Genius: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty
David Harris has zero flair as a writer but his new book is a solid collection of information. (Then it sneaks up on you and will leave you in tears.) From 1985-1987, I covered Bill Walsh and the San Francisco … Continue reading
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Steve Young Is The Only NFL Player To Ask Me My Name
Between 1985 and 1987, I covered three summers of San Francisco 49er training camp (at my college, Sierra Community College in Rocklin, CA) and two 49er games (a loss to New Orleans and a defeat of Dallas in the 1985 … Continue reading
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