Burton Kent

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (and lots of dancing)

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Best Movie Ever.

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Just saw the film Peaceful Warrior based on the book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior.
Wow.
What I’ve noticed is that every spiritual tradition (not every religious tradition) talks about living in the now.  Being fully present.  Do what you are [...]

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Movies Are Better Without Previews

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Funny thing I’ve noticed… when I don’t know what a movie is about, I enjoy it so much more.  I think it has something to do with preconceptions or expectations not being met.  Nowadays all I want to know is if a movie gets thumbs up or not. I refuse to watch the previews or [...]

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Tea Party 2007

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I was just reading Ron Paul’s weekly articles archive over at http://www.house.gov/paul/legis_tst.htm I couldn’t find a single thing to disagree with. What really hit me was this:
“…by digging our economy into a deeper hole, they would create a lot more demand for the social programs they propose.
Tax and spend [...]

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Gratitude.

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

This week is Thanksgiving.  We have a family tradition that makes it better than Christmas - we get together. 
Anyway, it’s supposed to be a time of gratitude.  There’s four people I’ve “met” online that I’ve been grateful for, three of which I can tell you about.  They all have blogs.
Tim Ferriss wrote the Four Hour [...]

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