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GrandpaCaleb

MLK Jr. & Grandpa

January 19, 2009

I re-post this photo every year. It continues to inspire me.

My grandpa (GrandpaCaleb.com) worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during some “Baptist Week” activities in 1962 in Denver CO.
This video explains the picture and what it has come to represent for me:

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Radio Interview

October 22, 2008

I’ll be honest, when I tuned into the first hour of the SNAP OUT! radio show, i thought I had made a big mistake. The topics and tone of SNAP OUT! Radio are both very different from my daily conversations. (I joked in the chatroom that I was practicing saying “Muthaf*cka!” while I [...]

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90secs – HugNation Blessings

September 17, 2008

A clip from the start of this week’s HugNation. I introduce the new habit of saying “grace” before the show. (This is inspired by Grandpa Caleb.)

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What does Grandpa think?

June 6, 2008

I used to be asked occasionally if my Grandpa disapproved of my more “adult” projects. I just re-discovered a letter he sent me that answered the question for me:
“We live in a prurient, over-sexed society. Our bodies are made for intimacy and expressions of love. My generation did not have a healthy view [...]

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Grandpa’s Prayer Routine:

June 3, 2008

During Hug Nation, I described Grandpa’s daily prayer routine (involving Sauna’s and Hot Tubs):

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Grandpa on my mind. Grandpa in my heart.

May 27, 2008

I found myself telling stories about Grandpa and HugNation a lot this weekend at the Lightning in a Bottle festival.
Of course, I was living in the glorious Hugmobile, so grandpa’s presence (and his physical ashes) were very close. Plus I gifted dozens of Grandpa Caleb ‘Love on demand’ DVDs to new and old [...]

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Easter Beer Hunt!

March 22, 2008

Every year my family has an Easter Beer Hunt.
This video shows some previous Beer Hunt Family Silliness as well as me in an Easter bonnet:

This video from the previous year shows my roommate Shonda and Grandpa Caleb rocking the hunt!

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Vday=Love=Grandpa

February 14, 2008

Last year on Vday, I co-hosted a magical gathering with Grandpa.
In this video, we invite everyone, not just the couples to join us in hugs and love:

and watch the video from The Huggable Day, itself. (This was Grandpa’s farewell party).
Much of the last year (The Hug Tour, Hugmobile, and the evolution of HugNation) grew forth [...]

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Hug Today!

February 12, 2008

I’m excited about Hugnation today.
1) It is Vday week! And that means it is time to get HUGGABLE! (aka “Love Day” for the single people.)
Here’s the video from Valentine’s Day a year ago. We invited everyone to join us for Grandpa’s last party. The love was magical:

song by Aradhana Silvermoon.
2) We’re going to try out [...]

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2008

For my whole life, the real world and the world of myths was connected through the following picture:

The image of my grandfather, working with MLK as peers…it had a profound impact on me. It showed me that great men were not the creations of story books. But were the very same people as you [...]

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