President of Grace Hill Media | author | Hollywood native | seasonal Cape Cod interloper | Jesus fanatic | perennial NL dynasty team rebuilder
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If you’re wondering how to impact the world with love, it’s a simple as this:
I've lived in the same apartment building in Tokyo for 11 years.
I know zero names.
That's normal here. We nod in the elevator. We do not speak.
Then Mike moved in on the third floor.
Ohio. Six-foot-four. Laughs like a truck starting up.
Day 1: He knocked on every door with a plate of cookies.
(In Japan, when you move in, you give your neighbors a small towel. Then you leave. Mike gave cookies. Then he stayed and talked.)
Week 1: He knew everyone's name. Including the dog's.
Then there was Mrs. Sato on the first floor.
She's 84. Her husband passed away ten years ago. She lives alone.
In 11 years, I had never heard her voice.
Every Tuesday, Mike carried her groceries up the steps. She didn't speak English. He didn't speak Japanese.
They talked anyway. Mostly about the photo of her husband by the door.
Then one morning, her curtains stayed closed.
Mike noticed.
Nobody else did. I didn't.
He knocked. No answer. He called the building manager.
She had fallen the night before. She'd been on the floor all night.
She's okay now.
But the building isn't the same.
People say good morning. The elevator has conversations.
Last month, we had our first rooftop potluck. Nobody knew what a potluck was. Mike explained it twice.
Mrs. Sato brought 40 rice balls.
And then she laughed at something Mike said.
That was the first time I ever heard her voice.
Mike moved back to Ohio this week.
On his last morning, the whole building came down to the lobby. Kids. Grandparents. The dog.
Mrs. Sato handed him a box.
Inside: one thousand paper cranes.
In Japan, you fold a thousand cranes for someone you want to protect. Her hands shake. She had been folding them since the day he found her.
Then she said the English sentence she had practiced every day for a week.
"Please... come back."
Mike was crying too hard to answer in English.
So he answered in the Japanese he had been secretly practicing.
"Kanarazu kaette kimasu."
In Japanese, that doesn't mean "I'll visit."
It's what you say when you're coming home.
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The only benefit to the @Verizon outage is that I’m not getting my ten daily spam calls offing me a line of credit.
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Here’s a fun exercise - if every vet on the @Dodgers went down for the season, what would their team look like staffed with AA or AAA prospects, rookies and 2nd year guys. Would they win?
C Rushing
1B Ryan Ward
2B Alex Freeland
SS Hyesong Kim
3B Tyler Fitzgerald
OF De Paula
OF Zyhir Hope
OF Mike Sirota
DH James Tibbs III
S1 Sasaki
S2 wrobleski
S3 Sheehan
S4 River Ryan
S5 Landon Knack
Would they have a winning record?
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The same rule applies to nude beaches - the people who are naked are never the right ones!
One other little truth I wish more young women would learn—the most revealing clothing is rarely flattering. Most of the young women I see out there wearing crop tops and super short dresses and shorts would look so much prettier and more physically fit if they just covered up a little bit more.
I’m not talking about wearing a Mennonite dress, I’m just saying, when you wear one so short it ends just a few inches below your crotch, that also happens to be the widest part of your leg. So it makes your legs look thick! And that’s also usually the part of your leg where cellulite turns up, so you’re showing that off too.
So it’s not just immodest, it’s usually less attractive and does you a disservice!
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This decision to cut him for his Christianity won’t be helping the @NBA ratings much. As a matter of fact, I think I’ll be avoiding watching the playoffs altogether.
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Zero people in Los Angeles will ever call it that. We still call where the Lakers play the Staples Center and it’s been some other name for 5 years.
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We marketers never like to make what we do part of the story prior to a film’s release, but this one was a blast to work on.
'Project Hail Mary' Shatters Box Office Expectations With $140.9 Million Globally variety.com/2026/film/box-of…
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The lesson of 2000 years - you can NEVER silence the name of Jesus. His Kingdom will know no end!!
A statue of Jesus Christ has been raised today in the Lebanese town of Qaa, on the border with Syria, standing at 26 meters tall and marking the highest of its kind in the Middle East. This step carries meanings that go beyond its religious dimension into a deeper symbolic significance, as the monument emerges in a region long shaped by tension and the repercussions of war. It delivers a clear message that this geography, once defined by conflict lines, is equally capable of producing a counter-narrative grounded in peace, resilience, and hope, as if the very location is being redefined from a volatile frontier into a source of moral and symbolic light reflecting the enduring will to live in the face of years of violence and division.
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If you’re a person who likes videos that reveal magic tricks, you’ll like this Reuters story.
Who is Banksy?
What a fabulous read.
reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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This shot was the moment @TGL went from pleasant curiosity to an actual sport with rooting interest. Just look at the reaction of the Jupiter team - Ryder Cup level exuberance.
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Been in Los Angeles my whole life. Two years ago, my homeowners insurance was $2100. (Never had a claim and don’t live in a big risk area.) Last year it jumped to $3000. Today my bill came for 2026: $4600 - a 220% increase.
Sadly I think it’s time to move out of state.
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Utterly fascinating review of a book about the Jewish historian Josephus and his claims about Jesus.
‘Josephus and Jesus’ gives academics, pastors, public advocates for Christianity a fresh look at one of the most hotly debated passages among ancient documents.
thegospelcoalition.org/revie…
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This weekend I was in Utah and a very nice pair of @LDSchurch missionaries stopped by and gave me a copy of @thebookofmormon . I read most of it and boy do I have thoughts! Any Mormon/LDS member willing to answer some sincere questions for me?
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The fact that no one is even thinking about going to Persian neighborhoods in America to intimidate or bully local Persians and protest the Iranian government, but they did exactly that in Jewish neighborhoods all around the U.S. because of Israel, tells you everything about their “humanity” and their claim of “just criticizing” Israel.
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