Brad Rourke’s Blog
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I Had A Good Year. Thank You, and You, and You, and YOU.
It’s the last day of the year. Like many others, I am thinking back on how it went. Like Seth Godin, I am focusing on what I accomplished. While my sensations and experiences as I went through 2010 were mixed (there were times when it felt very hard), when I look objectively at all that…
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Wow Them With Some Tasty Chicken Enchiladas
When we have a few people coming over, and something casual on the agenda, I often get a request from the family for me to make a batch of enchiladas. They feed a lot, are tasty, and look like they are harder to make than they are. Here’s my recipe. What you need: Chicken (boneless…
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You Are Looking At The Problem
A long time ago, a friend of mine told me the story of how she was staying over on another friend’s boat down in Florida. She had been having a lot of problems, bumping up against the world so to speak. Things weren’t going her way at the time, and the harder she tried the…
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We Belong To Each Other
My cousin Jessica recently shared this quote from Mother Teresa: If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. It got me to thinking about the webs we create between one another — whether we mean to, or whether we recognize them, or not. Think about all…
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Working Ahead
Today I spent much of the day working ahead. A least it felt that way . . . I do have a deadline looming, but I am on track to get my work done with plenty of time for revisions before I submit. This is how it goes when I am feeling on my game.…
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Japanese Civics Lesson
This afternoon, in the locker room at my gym, I witnessed a scene I would not see just any old where. There were two Japanese men, one younger and in his twenties, the other looking mid-fifties or so. They were speaking to one another in a patois of Japanese and English. Mostly Japanese, with a…
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Choosing "Yes"
Friends know that I have recently been bitten (more than a little) by the yoga bug. I thank my wife, Andrea Jarrell, for her years-long example — and P90X for getting me started. After doing yoga once a week as a part of my P90X routine (which I completed in late Spring), I found that…
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First Maryland Civic Health Index Report To Be Released
Friends, I am delighted to announce the imminent release of a project I have been working hard on for the better part of the year. My company (The Mannakee Circle Group) has been lead partner on the first-ever Maryland Civic Health Index. This report was developed as a partnership between The Mannakee Circle Group, the…
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I Have A Secret Enemy
Like anyone with a blog, I have to deal with spam comments on a daily basis. I have a filter (Akismet) that takes care of a lot of it, and the few that slip through are no big deal. I just mark them as spam and move on. But lately, I’ve been getting a new…
