5K for the 27M

Slavery still exists. I wonder how many people know that. And it’s not a little problem. There are more slaves in the world today that at any other time in history. 27 million men, women and children are enslaved. I first heard about this modern day plight at Passion 2012. I learned more of the…

Our Crazy English Language

Yes, I’m nerdy. I freely, and of my own accord read a book about the English language, linguistics, history, and the evolution of language. Here’s a small tidbit that made me smile. “Language, never forget, is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wanter around like hemlines.” The Mother…

FOMO

FOMO is an epidemic. I am a FOMO sufferer… and you might be too. I will fight FOMO. FOMO stands for Fear Of Missing Out. It’s the anticipatory angst I have when invited to two events the same night and I have to choose. It’s the feeling of sinking I have when I know fun…

Traffic and Surprises

“Holy Traffic, Batman!” That was the start of a particularly distressing series of texts last night. I was meeting friends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for a special Friday the 13th event. I thought I was meeting four friends, not three million of my closest friends! I left work, drove toward Disney, sat in traffic for…

The Breakfast Club

I’m a movie geek. I love movies. Watching them. Analyzing them. Listening to commentaries. And above all, quoting them. There are few situations in life that don’t remind me of some show or movie scene. I quote movies obsessively. So much so that after I speak a particularly well-crafted sentence, more than one person has…

Marketing Beauty

Marketing wrinkles my brain. How do we make people want something? Be willing to sacrifice other necessities to purchase it? How do we make a product so appealing in just thirty seconds time? Are we gullible enough to fall for that? Apparently so. Lately there have been a few companies who have pulled back the…

Space Camp!

I just received a message from space. I got a birthday package from Space Camp courtesy of my friend Tracy. It had nerdy shirts, NASA stickers, and antigravity paraphernalia, along with this little gem.   Tracy, and a team of highly trained high school teachers (who moonlight as space cowboys) got to attend adult space…