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Posted by Walt Mueller on 8/29/2014
 
High school football season starts tonight here in our area. I'm guessing that the yelling coming from the parent section will just a little bit louder than it was last year. Why's that? Because the virus of vicarious living has had another year to spread. vicarious livingWe live through our kids. We wear them like suits or drive them like our cars. . . using them to fulfill our own unfulfilled childhood dreams. . . putting them on display to bring validation to ourselves. . . we use our children to scream "Hey! Look at me!" . . . trying to find redemption through the strides and achievements of our kids...

  

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Media Highlights
Notable Album Releases:
Ariana Grande Album

Released August 26, 2014 

Ariana Grande - My Everything
Brad Paisley - Moonshine In the Trunk
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Kem - Promise to Love
Wand - Ganglion Reef
Gemma Ray - Milk for Your Motors
The Young - Chrome Cactus
Thousand Foot Krutch - Oxygen: Inhale

Top 10: Music Videos
5 Seconds of Summer

Week of 8/29/2014 

 

  1. 5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia
  2. Ariana Grande - Problem
  3. Maroon 5 - Maps
  4. Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good
  5. Ed Sheeran - Don't
  6. OneRepublic - Love Runs Out
  7. Jason Derulo - Wiggle
  8. One Direction - You & I
  9. Sia - Chandelier
  10. Iggy Azalea - Fancy
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THE PRESSURE'S ON


An article by Walt Mueller from 2005.

The Pressure's On
 
Okay, I'll admit it to all of you who brandish shotguns, tromp through muddy bogs and wear "camo" while in pursuit of bagging a big prize ... I'm a wimp ... not a hunter. The only "hunting" I've ever done in my life took place years ago during our annual family vacations to Florida. When we weren't fishing, swimming or visiting tourist attractions, my brothers and I would venture out on a "lizard safari." Although we knew the little chameleons were hiding in every bush and tree, at first we had a hard time spotting them...

  

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YOUTH CULTURE HOT QUOTE
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Jada Pinkett Smith
 
"I was saying to a friend the other day 'Remember, our kids are not us' They're not. Sometimes we're trying to fix things that happened to us or projecting [onto them], and that's a terrible, terrible trap."

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