Scatterbrain Synesthesia
Originally published at American Small Business. 2009, I believe. Some links may be broken. It’s waaaaaay too early in the morning and I’m sweating up a frenzy on the stairstepper. …
Inspirado
DC Countdown is ON
So I am only a few short days away from my big trip to Virginia/Washington DC. It’s sorta crazy that I have made it all these years without ever being to our nation’s capital. One of my …
Best. Want Ad. Ever. (Ever.)
Mother Jones contends that this is… The best journalism-job want ad ever ever. I am inclined to agree.
Lesson in Grammar, Down-Under Style
Our Australian Wizard of Ads partner Craig Arthur shared this with the group yesterday. Now I share it with you… An English professor wrote the words: “A woman without her man is nothing†…
Randy Pausch on the “Time Famine”
Note: I posted this on a now defunct site back when Randy Pausch was still alive. I was thinking about him today…went to find it…saw the site was gone…and decided to repost here. …
The Placebo Experience Factor
Listening to NPR recently, I heard a report about a study conducted by Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer on the placebo effect, with an interesting twist. According to NPR’s Alix Spiegel… the …
Wisdom
“…spending money we don’t have…on things we don’t need…to impress people we don’t even like.” –Dave Ramsey werd!
Inspirado. Chapter 1
I love the original HBO episodes of Tenacious D. Here’s one of my faves.
Guerilla Gardening
Who knew Johnny Appleseed was such a trendsetter? There is a growing group of environmentally conscious consumers who are turning neglected public spaces into lush green gardens, with no obvious …