Yesterday I had a speaking gig in Cleveland.   During the day, I found out that the Middle American Conference was opening it's 2009 NCAA conference tourney at the Quicken Loans center -- right behind my hotel. I love a good game, especially March madness. I bought a cheap ticket, wiggled my way to...

7.5 million people last year needed drug treatment , but less than 20% received it.  The main reason, according to researchers, is that these addicted persons did not see the need!   Any of us who have been around an alcoholic or drug addict can relate.  We have seen the drunk who practically fal...

Well will be making this: Since I'm texture crazy, it will be pretty image-heavy, I'd say. It's not that hard - I don't know if a 'beginner' can do it; I hope I explain it well enough so they do ... but yeah. It's not translatable, unfortunately, because there's ONE very important Selective Color la...

Filed under: Fun, Kids, Freeware, Web, Humor It's embarrassing to admit how long I've spent looking online for single-purpose sound effect sites like Instant Rimshot (first mentioned on Download Squad here), and it turns out that it is very difficult to Google for these things. My goal was to presen...

xkcd - A Webcomic - Correlation Did reading this cause me to laugh my butt off?Tags: correlation causation causality effect logic comic xkcd The Cult of Done Manifesto Something I needed right now. Thanks, Arjan.Tags: productivity creativity bobsutton cultofdone manifesto Pergelator: Random Joke I d...

Man, I love it when a band brings the music! Not just the hard driving rhythms, the catchy melodies, or the dynamic conveyance of emotion through dramatic time changes. I love it when a band brings the music with pure passion, an edgy resentment for the status quo, and a bag full of fun! Water is Ri...

Saul Griffith led off Greener Gadgets 2009 with one of the best 40 minute explanations of why (to use his words) we're all a bunch of "planet fuckers" and what we can do to change that in terms of our energy ......

I'm having the weirdest combo of side effects on this. I'm tired all the time, but I can't get to sleep easily no matter how hard I try. Then when I do sleep, it's craptastic and it feels like I......

Mark and Kay Update March 4, 2009 http://www.markandkay.com Greetings in the Name of Jesus! What an amazing weekend we just had with our CarePoint youth leaders – all 35 of them! The theme was all about encountering God, and that’s what we all did – in a real and impacting way. Each of the you...

It is not a coincidence. As the world's attention turns to the financial crisis there is less news reported from Iraq. Many news agencies have cut staff in Iraq due to their own budget problems. The world is weary of news from Iraq. Iraq is 'more peaceful', for sure, but there is still a...