Monthly Archives: February 2020

Love and Hyperbole!!!!

Posted on February 15, 2020 by mitchteemley

Hyperbole: Poetic exaggeration. Some examples: “Fly me to the moon, and let me play amongst the stars, let me see what love is like on Jupiter and Mars!” ~Bart Howard “Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean, higher than any … Continue reading →

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Magical Places to Be in Love

Posted on February 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

Some places are objectively beautiful. They take our breath away, and then return it to us full of light and hope. Yet magical places are everywhere, even in the “bad parts of town.” Why? Because we carry the real magic, … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on February 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

Tree Hugging in Florida We aren’t snowbirds; my wife and I like the four seasons. But when our executive producer offered a trip to the Florida Comedy Film Festival for the screening of our movie Notzilla, we jumped (well, flew, … Continue reading →

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Fist fight with the mirror.

Posted on February 12, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Sam McLeod of You, Me, Music & Life. I’ve been following Sam for some time and find that, while I don’t always agree with everything he says, I always appreciate his hunger, his real, … Continue reading →

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Object Lesson

Posted on February 11, 2020 by mitchteemley

So it turns out I’m a master of the ancient and venerated art of Feng Shui! And all this time I just thought I had OCD. ≠ Note: The above is meant strictly as a self-tease. My OCD is fairly … Continue reading →

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Storing the Truth in Our Hearts

Posted on February 10, 2020 by mitchteemley

Connecting With God In my last Connecting With God post, I talked about memorizing Scripture. That should have been easy for me, since I’d been acting ever since the 6th Grade Talent Show.  Nope. Memorization was the thorn in my … Continue reading →

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Love and Death

Posted on February 9, 2020 by mitchteemley

Everything that matters most in life is tied to death: forgiveness, resolving differences, healing wounded hearts. When death looms, we suddenly remember the only thing that matters is love.* If only death were always with us we would finally learn … Continue reading →

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The Pompous Prof

Posted on February 8, 2020 by mitchteemley

I had a particularly pompous college Literature prof who loved to pontificate. Once he’d made a pronouncement, there was simply nothing more to be said. The class was aching to see him taken down. One day he proclaimed, “All books … Continue reading →

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The Most Cringe-Inducing Ads Ever?

Posted on February 7, 2020 by mitchteemley

We live in the Age of Offendability, when the floors of public places seem to be carpeted with eggs. Yet we can all agree (or at least most of us can) that some things are always wrong: racism, sexism, drug … Continue reading →

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Best Movies of 2019

Posted on February 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Best Dramas 1917 – A masterpiece. Yes, its epic-yet-intimate single-shot look, accomplished by meticulous planning and execution, is brilliant, but more importantly it engages us at the deepest level. I haven’t been this impacted by the sheer humanity of a … Continue reading →

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