Advertising… Friday Flick: A Darth Vader Short 4 Feb 20114 Feb 2011 Here's to the power of story! A company couldn't pay me for space on my blog, yet I'll spread this ad for nothing more than the smile it gave me,…
Completion… Day is done 2 Feb 2011 Day is done, gone the sun, from the lakes from the hills from the sky. All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh. That version of Taps is one of…
Change the World… “Good Job!” 20 Jan 201120 Jan 2011 In church last Sunday, my pianist son played a mellow duet improv with cellist friend Ken. It was gentle and healing, both worship and blessing. Usually, I listen as a…
Blogging… Information Radiation 19 Jan 201120 Jan 2011 My young scientist borrowed this laptop for school research. He’s preparing to impersonate Wilhelm Röentgen, the man who discovered and named x-rays (and had their units of measurement named for…
Brain… Friday Flick: Your Brain on Improv 14 Jan 201122 Jun 2011 Ever wonder why it feels so different to do something you've memorized rather than something you're making up on the fly? Ever notice that in certain activities you might do…
Business Communications… Dinnertime “Stop, Drop, and Roll” 5 Jan 20115 Jan 2011 No, it wasn't a kitchen fire. One of my favorite comedians—though he’s clearly an elementary school boy—was checked by his much older brother with “Stop, Drop [the topic], and Roll”—to…
Change the World… With every Christmas card you WRITE. 23 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I WRITE." -- Irving Berlin Ha! Caught a few of you writing! You signed your name to a beautiful card.…
Creativity… “Write Anything. Solve Everything.” 3 Jun 201029 Dec 2010 If you don’t recognize that tagline, then you don’t have a child saving up for a handheld Nintendo DSi just to run the Scribblenauts game. Remember Harold and the Purple…
Business… Go fly a kite 27 Mar 201013 Jun 2025 Today I had “promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep,” when my ten-year-old (astronaut/aerospace engineer) noticed it was perfect kite-flying weather. Spring break can be torture for…