Happy Friday! That’s right, back on my usual baloney. It’s been a minute since we’ve taken a good look at a movie. Based on a true story, this was originally a CBS TV movie released as The George McKenna Story (you knowww I love when movies have two titles!). It was directed by Eric Laneuville, who starred in St. Elsewhere at the time with a young Denzel Washington. When Denzel blew up a couple years later, this was re-released as Hard Lessons, which is what it’s called on Netflix even though the original title shows up on screen, so that’s what I’m going by.

Put your ego aside for this one, and let it kick you in the shins. As I was talking with a cofounder of a tech company rocketship, he told me something he tells every employee on the way in: “You are expected to run through walls here.”  There is no “can’t be done.”  There is no “impossible.”  These are fireable offenses.  ncG1vNJzZmicopzCs7rEq2WsrZKowaKvymeaqKVfpXy6u9RmpZ6dlGLBsHnRrqVmrJinvLazx2aumqScqA%3D%3D

‘And do not be like those who forgot Allah, so He made them forget themselves.’ Quran 59:19 Salaam! It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog. Life has gotten busy and I’ve struggled to find the time and creativity to sit down and write. I hope that you all have been doing well. I know that there is a lot on our minds right now as our brothers and sisters in Palestine are suffering for their freedom and basic human rights (make sure to read the dua at the end).

~ To the tune of Hallelujah ~ Now I heard there was a new(ish) restaurant, That opened up where Pipal Tree was, You want to know if it’s good or not, do ya? ~ I’m sorry but if you name your restaurant after a song lyric you’ve walked into it, as far as I am concerned. On my third and most recent visit to the Baffled King, we booked the table muttering idioms about luck, having heard news of a new chef and spotted a rather inviting menu on social media.

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