Mark Wahlberg has come a long way. Not only from Boston to Beverly Hills, or tow truck driver to leading man; the youngest of eight (not including three half-siblings) started out as a hoodlum. Fond of stealing cars as a teen, the future Marky Mark forwent grand theft auto one fine spring day to get the five-finger discount on some beer. In the process, he punched one man in the eye and hit another in the head with... Read more
“I remember where I was.” That’s a statement I heard many times, growing up. About the assassination of JFK. And as a child, I believed cataclysmic events in history were just that — history. They were something I would never in my lifetime see. My generation wouldn’t have our own Dallas devastation. Yet I remember where I was — waking in Nashville to talk on the radio of the “tragedy in New York.” I called my friend on... Read more
Hi. I’m Alex Parker, and this is my first post to Patheos. I’m excited to be here. I hope many of you will give me the honor of your time, as I attempt to express my thoughts on the world and the things which make it go ’round. Many of my opinions will be in reaction to events which we see in the news. Headlines which tells us, with their great size, what things are important. Often, I believe other... Read more
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