Rob Ballew and the 8 things you probably never knew about him

Ok, so I guess in the wonderful month of July while I was sweating my fat ass off in Fort Dix, New Jersey. A lot of my buddies here on the vine where playing a game of tag with 8 things people don't know about them.

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Attention Whores On the Vine... NewsViners Sound Off...

***To ALL.... This article was written in a moment of frustration and quite honestly sarcasm to the one person who made the statement they never comment on anyone's articles but their own.

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The Life Unwritten...

Imagine if you will... your life as a novel that is left to be written.

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Holiday Memories...

Brumal blizzard blasts batter buttons from my thermals. Winter's throwing stars torment my exposed frame. Billowing back and forth, as they are flung. Flowing flakes of snow fall softly on my tongue.

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Lost Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

There is much to be said about love, it brings us ultimate joy, or unbearable heartbreak. Sometimes it brings us both in one amazing moment, but through it all we remain steadfast in our desire to search for it, hold it and obtain it.

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Impacting Our World...

In honor of Rob's RAV award, this article talks about the amazing things that one person can do. For those who want to make a difference, this is proof that it is possible, one person at a time.

If I Yell Will It Make Me Feel Better??

I am not prone to anger, or shouting, or even really telling people when they have upset me, I find that life is to short and no one is perfect, so is it really messing with my health?

Rob Ballew is Awarded the RAV AWARD !!!!

I just wanted to take a moment and share my excitement over Rob Ballew being nominated and selected for a RAV Award! I cannot think of a more deserving person than Rob.

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Impact Your World... What Can You Do to Make A Difference?

Every day, we walk around, most of us very blessed to have the lives we have. Often we don't realize that in this world around us, there are things that we can do that will actually make a difference in someone elses life.

Lasting Friendships on the Vine...

When I first joined newsvine 6 months ago, I never in a million years imagined the impact that it would have on my life.

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World Aids Day... Stopping HIV

Every day we can do something to change the world, one small thing that affects the world around us. We could stop the spread of aids by transmission from the mother with just a few small steps. So Newsvine I ask you...What would you do?

RedVolution... World Aids Day

There are many things we can do to change the world, we just have to choose to do them. Buying Red Products allows you to provide medicine to those in need in America and abroad.... This Christmas season, make your dollar count for something.

The Sudanese, a Teacher, a Teddy Bear, and when does the Bull@!$%# End?

Muhammad is not just a name any more. I never in my life thought things could get any more @!$%#ed up but now I found out a grade school teacher in Sudan, is sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation for naming a teddy bear Muhammad.

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Newsvine Gift Swap 2007

Each one of us on Newsvine has a passion to learn, to create, to experience. For Newsvine's first Holiday Gift Swap, I propose that we each select, as a gift, one tool that we have used to express ourselves to the world.

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The road to happiness...

There are points on the road of life that come up on you fast and make you choose what direction you will go next.

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Townhall.com::Crusades Versus Caution: Part II::By Thomas Sowell

That may be true if the children are genuinely autistic.

Moments in time...

For a moment visualize yourself floating on a calm river, you are in a raft and you are just gazing up at the beautiful blue sky. You could never imagine what lies ahead of you, for at this moment you are at peace, you are happy.

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Dallas Margarita Society Margarita Ball 2007

When I decided to get involved with Make A Wish, it was purely a selfish venture. My thought was...after my year had gone so badly that maybe I could do something to make me feel better.

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Veteran's Day Through My Lens....

These pictures were taken in 2005, during our visit to D.C., we chose Veteran's Day Weekend and it made such a profound impression on my son and I...

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Life's Unknown

Have you ever been walking on a path and goofing around with friends, suddenly you are pushing each other back and forth, until one of you inevitably falls? It seems to me that at times our life is similar to this path, life tugs on us and pushes us around, sometimes in fun, some …

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Under An Evening Sky at ACL!

Imagining what it must have been like at Woodstock... ACL is a far cry from a normal concert, with its eclectic mix, only found in Austin, the fans in attendance range from college student, to college professor. All mixing and mingling and enjoying the sights and sounds.

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Austin City Limits Music Festival Starts With A Flame!

So... consider the moment that you first realize you love music and multiply it times a thousand. It is the opening day of the Austin City Limits Music Festival and the events started with a bang, or a fire really.

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The bel8ted things that no ones cares about me; I mean knows about me.

1. Post these rules before you give the facts. 2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 4.

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Football Frenzy

It's that time of year again, when fantasy football is in full swing and wives become sports widows. It's a time of year that brings me back to my childhood of Sunday's and family and being able to look up to the sports heroes of the day.

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My Island...

Have you ever considered yourself to be an island? I know this is a foreign concept, but you are but one person in a sea of many.

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