March 5th, 20180183On today’s CWK Coffee Break, Dan Z looks at the third step in the Hero’s Journey, The Meeting of the Mentor and the Magical Talisman. #CWKCoffeeBreak Join host Dan Z as he brings you a CWK Star Wars thought for the day. Be sure to subscribe to the Coffee With Kenobi YouTube channel, and help spread the word about the newest...
January 21st, 20183408Star Wars means a great many things to all of us. To the late (and dearly missed) Carrie Fisher, "It's about family, and that's what's so powerful about it." And I, for one, couldn't agree more with her sentiment. Indeed it is about family and very powerfully relatable too. To be quite blunt, a dysfunctional one, but a family...
April 30th, 2017043Can you feel it? There’s an energy pulsing through the air. It’s palpable. It’s electrifying. It’s so strong I can feel it coursing through every pore of my being. Spring has sprung! You might argue that I am a little behind the times. After all, the calendar marked the beginning of the season last month. But for those...
March 31st, 2017092A couple of days ago, I stopped into our local financial institution to do a bit of banking, and since there were no other customers waiting in line, I took a little extra time to chat with the friendly teller. The course of our discussion took us down the path of musing about change and how open to it people are. About 35 years my...
June 14th, 20158482 "Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." - Grandmaster Yoda In my last post, I mentioned that characteristics and techniques we see modeled by the Jedi can be applied to modern parenting. With no children of their own, what can the Jedi of old possibly teach us? Is it possible to learn this power? (Chancellor, please don't...
May 7th, 20151206 FAMILY FUN AWAKENS WITH THE NEW FIREFLY® STAR WARS™ LIGHTSABER TOOTHBRUSH Fun Lights and Sounds Help Parents Conquer the Daily “Brush Battle” With Padawans and to Celebrate their Victory, Parents May Also Enter to Win a Family Getaway in the Brush Battle Sweepstakes BUENA PARK, Calif. (May 1, 2015) – With the unofficial Star...
February 5th, 20153135 Director J.J. Abrams was recently at the Visual Effects Society Awards to accept the Visionary Award, and Collider was able to talk to him about The Force Awakens, the use of CGI in the film, his love for Star Wars, and that controversial lightsaber design. Of course, he's a bit cagey about a few things - including when we...
December 10th, 20147200 Note: This Blog features speculation and possible spoilers. About a year ago I came across a video on YouTube that fascinated me. It was a presentation that J.J. Abrams gave at the TED Talks in 2008. In the speech, Mr. Abrams discusses the relevance of mystery in great storytelling, using an old, unopened box of magic tricks his...
