Author Archives: Rick Gilbert
Photo of the week: The Indignities of Aging
“Old age is like an airplane in a storm. There’s nothing you can do. You can’t [...]
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Apr
Why I Loved Merle Haggard
Voice That low, velvet baritone would take me to some other place. One of the [...]
The last words of Steve Jobs
Apart from work, I have little joy. I realize that all the accolades and riches [...]
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Move Over Jack Nicholson There’s Another Frank Costello
Scenes from The Departed, 2006. I got cast as Frank Costello for a student project [...]
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PowerSpeaking Wins ISA* Company of the Year!
Mary gave a terrific acceptance speech at a gala celebration in Scottsdale, AZ last week. [...]
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Mar
Moira Kavanaugh Feels the Love
Last year Moira was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has been undergoing treatment including surgery [...]
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Mar
The Amazing Dr. Allen Wheelis
One of my professors in grad school recommended “How People Change” by Dr. Allen Wheelis, [...]
Make iPhone Videos!
The Dave Douglas Quintet played at The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society in Half Moon [...]
Feb
Connecting the Dots of Our Lives
The meme of “connecting the dots” has become a cliché ever since 9/11. Somehow, the [...]
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A Chance Encounter
The beauty of the iPhone and iPad video cameras is their quality and portability. Recently, [...]
Feb
Photos of the week
And the rains came… upside down water drops On the cement counter top in my [...]
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Feb
Grandpa says goodbye to Rickey
A Writing Experiment Last year I took a two-day writing class at Stanford. One assignment [...]
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Feb
Why We Love Conspiracy Theories
Who killed Antonin Scalia? The CIA? Obama? Within hours of his death, the conspiracy theories [...]
My One-Man Show: Turning Points; Am I A Complete Phony?
What have been the major turning points in your life? You know, the time you [...]
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Feb
40 Seconds With A Hummingbird
During one of those warm summer days of August, I filmed a hummingbird busily collecting [...]
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Feb
Joaquin Gallegos
Last August my blog featured a video I produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico while [...]
Feb
Photo of the Week
What is this? Photo of a black hole from the Hubble Telescope? * No. This [...]
Feb
Top Ten Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than Religion *
10. No one will kill you for not drinking beer 9. Beer doesn’t tell [...]
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National Speakers Association, 1/9/16
15 Mind-Blowing Success Secrets for Small Businesses: Let ‘er Rip ! The goal of this [...]
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Jan
Political Corner
I‘m a political junkie. I can’t stop watching these debates. I love to yell and [...]