Can You See The Real Me?

I love my wife. Holy crap, do I love her.Today at lunch she helped me feel okay about exploring my insecurities as an artist. I've never totally gotten it. Since I was in art classes from the age of 6 people have complimented my work. I kept feeling like it was merely skill, a learned talent. I've basically gotten adept [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 21:12:00

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Juanita Lunchbucket blues, part deux

Francisco Goya, Execution of the Rebels - How much can we take?For those that are going through lay-offs, job cutbacks, you have a friend ... .  Not just me, the entire staff except for the the owners (this was a small business).  I was working PT, while ... at this small business and making minimum wage salary plus commission.  But in order to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 21:13:07

Rolfe Speaks Truth, Part II

Some whites will use Obama to mask their racism But first my bona fides: I have white European heritage, on my father’s side In a column last week I argued that those Bermudians like Dr. Grant Gibbons who attempt to appropriate Barack Obama's victory and translate that wholesale to the Bermudian context are off base at best and indulging in the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:24:08

A Guide To Developing A Home Based Business

Ever had a flash then grasped that your view of an event would by no means be seen the same way Well that’s exactly what happened to me when I ... . Much to my surprise I walked away with 5 lessons that I could use to take my home business to the next ... of excellence Here are lessons I walked away with that you can use to successfully create a busi [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:00:00

LARS: Light autonomous robotic scout

LARS is a really nice project for several reasons. First, it's a robot powered by an Arduino with lots of sensors. Second, it's being build by a father and his son. I can't think of a better thing to do with your kids than teach them a new skill that can use for the rest of their lives. We had another test run [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 09:00:52

Latititudes

Flippy wanted to know who was born first (Caroline.) For some reason I mentioned this question to Steve and it lead to my discovering that Edward was born a full ten minutes later than I had thought. For a year I have told people - not a lot of people, true, as it doesn't come up that often, but still - that Edward was born at 9: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:19:10

Yo-Yo Ma faked it!

Today over lunch I got embroiled in a spirited debate with a professional journalist friend of mine. The topic? Are bloggers truly journalists? ... an observer who records and promulgates his/her observations. This is an essentially human act, not some skill unique only to a certain type of human with a certain type of training. When someone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:04:58

Cole and his eternal repository of skill.

As photographers we are all tormented by the same story, you know, the one where the client or photo editor of any publication will undoubtedly pass over the countless gems and gold you sent in and pick that one piece of pyrite thrown in for good measure. That historically unwavering tale changes a bit for our young friend Cole [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:37:16

White Men Needn’t Bother

Robert Reich is off to a good start.As one of the new President’s economic advisors, this Clintonista re-tread has managed to annoy any number of people in a blatantly racist exchange with that ethically challenged hate-whitey legislator, the (dis)Hon. Charlie Rangel (who has one foot in jail even now) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 05:56:00

Clausewitz, On War, Book 2: The “theory” of war is purely a means of professional formation.

Posted by Lexington Green on January 21st, 2009 (All posts by Lexington Green)Print This Post Clausewitz attempted to discern, and show to us, the “nature of war”, in Book I. He discerned that there is a theoretical “ideal case” or “maximum” case, that he calls “absolute war”, a sort of gravitational core toward which war by its nature, will tend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 05:57:17

Create a Stunning Flash Website with Wix

In this article, we would like to introduce you a media called “Wix“. You can make your personal website with flash stunning function in few minutes. More importantly, no technical skill is required. It is well suitable for different kind of users such as web developers, designers & beginners. Let’s make a website! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 06:33:45

Post-Inaugural Thoughts

Now that the Inaugural hubbub has died down, we can take a brief look ahead...and behind. George W. Bush is an odd guy. Not odd in a mental sense, but an odd person for a president. He was publicly inarticulate. No matter how good the material of which his speeches might have been composed, he didn’t have the skill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 00:39:46

A Plea To Unendow The Arts

by Burt Prelutsky For years, I have argued against the very existence of the National Endowment of the Arts. If an artist can’t be self-sustaining in a capitalist country as large and as rich as America, he should get into another line of work. It’s certainly not the business of the politicians [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:20:16

Homework Friday, January 23 Early release 12:20 & Conference next week. Reading: 20 minutes each day  Math: Ch 23, Tuesday test on volume. Language Arts:  Spelling/Vocab: Do Sitton 8 concept 2  Word test & Skill test Monday Science: electricity game on the blog so you can try your hand at circuits.  Tuesday quiz on lesson [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 21:24:54

Kasab being a Pakistani does not equal to Pakistan is responsible for India’s own Failure.

Jump to CommentsIf you’re new here and like what you read, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest news. Thanks for visiting!By PerwazekhudiFrom the day one of Mumbai Incident, India has been accusing Pakistan for its own mess & security failure. Initially, this propaganda campaign was started by the Indian puppet media & press [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 20:46:44

Cinematic Storyboard Class Syllabus

If you are a rising storyboard artist, you are making your own film or are interested in how to set-up and stage storyboards, check out Jay Oliva classes. I have heard great things! One thing many people forget or do not recognize is that drawing is a minor skill when it comes to storyboards. It's storytelling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 21:25:00

"SCRIPT & SCRIBBLE": IN DEFENCE OF PENMANSHIP

Of course you know that today is National Handwriting Day, in honour of John Hancock's birthday. But our days of mastering penmanship seem long behind us. Kitty Burns Florey ruminates on this lost art ... Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE Did you get one? Nor did I. I stayed home and watched the inauguration on a screen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:24:10

Frugal People Focus Too Much On The Outgo

On an average day I read about a dozen blogs that have little to nothing to do with frugality ... more money, or entrepreneurship, or small business issues, etc.  In fact, many of the books I read ... caught up in the small stuff. Yes, I know we are supposed to sweat it, but perhaps we could make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 11:00:26

Hard Work

Walk with me through a few scenes from my last week… Tuesday:: January 13, 2009 Meri, Brad and I are sitting in our living room watching one terrible audition after another on the new season of American Idol.  As the judges would break the “surprising” news to these would be Idols they would exit the room in utter dismay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 21:19:27

Hope, Fear, Reality

January 24, 2009 in Anti-Racism, National, Politics Now that the inauguration is out of the way we can get back to reality, free from the burden of noting the historical moment of Obama’s presidency.  Yes, it is exciting that a person of mixed race is president- yes it will continue to feel exciting for some time even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:35:03

3 New Call Option Trades - DRYS, TDW, CELG

After charting DRYS a couple of days ago and saying $10 should offer support they announced they were suspending their fat dividend.  Had I not frozen in my seat I’d have realized that even with the BDI rising shorts would have a field day with this news and those in it for the dividend would have no reason to stick around [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:51:18

Tips For Successful Freelance Copywriting

by Ray Edwards With the rising prices of commodities, it is not surprising that people are looking for other ways to earn money. Many people have turned to having multiple jobs, but this can be time consuming and harmful to your personal life and hinder your ability to do both your jobs well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:04:22

Chapter 6: Break The Board

Overview Once you’ve collected the raw material for your empathy board, what’s next? ... the high-voltage idea is born. The theme of this book has been that creativity is a skill like any ... and number crunching than at thinking up new things: This process is a skill that can be developed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:10:01

LCIC Elects Entirely Private-Sector Board

This in via e-mail from the office of Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken to share with readers of the blog: LCIC Sets New Direction, ... as its Board of Directors. The LCIC, which since 2006 has served as the lead economic development ... is in an economic emergency, and our residents deserve an economic development agency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 21:24:06

Movie Trailer: The Great Buck Howard

After a series of schlocky small films, some of which went straight-to-DVD, it looks like writer/director Sean McGinly is ready for the big time ... who is just on this side of washed up, and Colin Hanks as Troy Gable, Howard’s road manager. Tom Hanks will play [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:50:16

The Real Jason Blake: Is He Worth Trading?

by Josh Lewis… One of the most prominent storylines from the Toronto Maple Leafs’ slide down the NHL standings in recent weeks is a guy who was all but ignored in off-season analysis of the club. Was he on the very short list of players expected to lead the way in scoring? Nope [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:20:38

Sales Process - The Secret to Closing More Sales

Most sales training programs that teach salespeople how to sell specific products or services do not mention business problems ... to closing more sales! What is a Business Problem? A business problem is any activity or outcome ... of thousands of dollars per minute in lost sales, lost customers, and lost opportunities.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:03:03

Proven Web Biz OpportunitiesPart 2

The best way to help determine if proven home based web biz opportunities are right for you is to examine your marketing goals, ... and expectations. Goals What do you really want from your home based Internet business? Obviously ... you need to cover all living and business expenses plus provide a comfortable lifestyle and build [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:17:32

25 Years Of Mac: Zev Eisenberg’s Mac Collection

7:41 am, January 22nd, 2009, Giles TurnbullWe’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Mac by asking Cult readers to get in touch with their stories of Mac ownership over the years.To start things off, here’s Zev Eisenberg (a man who can solve a Rubik’s Cube while reciting pi) to tell us about his pile o’ Macs.First question to Zev: Why? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 15:41:50

Photo shows pride and pain of being American

Only a few times in my life have I seen a photo that moved me as profoundly as Joe Amon’s photo on the cover of the Jan. 20 Denver Post. I am grateful to the photographer for capturing that bittersweet moment with such skill and to the editor for putting it on the first page. That one image shows the pride, pain, joy and sorrow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:57:12

Inpex Corporation

Inpex Corporation is a Japanese based oil and gas company working in Indonesia as Kontraktor Kontrak Kerja Sama (KKKS) ... in numerical reservoir simulation C) HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF and D) GENERAL AFFAIR STAFF Specific ... the deepwater natural gas resources In near future. To support our growing operator activities, Inpex [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:40:51

The Lions Taking Matthew Stafford #1 Would Be a Disaster

NFLtyduffyJanuary 23rd. 2009, 12:45pm ESPN’s draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. – who will tell you how highly he rated Larry Fitzgerald and conveniently ignore how he went incredulously blue in the face when Mike Williams fell all the way to the Lions at #10 – projects the Detroit Lions to take Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford with the #1 pick in the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:45:22

How Trading Stocks Can Make You Poor: Reasons Why Stock Traders Lose Money

Ever think about the reasons why stock traders lose money, their collective shirts and everything else? Here’s why and how trading stocks and market timing have cost many a poor soul their nest egg. Our guest post today is courtesy of Manshu Verma from OneMint, a website with the vision of “creating wealth for everyone” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 07:23:58

ABDC S3, Ep 2: Was Your Favorite Crew Fit Enough?

I didn’t talk about the premiere of America’s Best Dance Crew last week so this week it gets an entire post devoted to it. I honestly can’t tell you why I love this show as much as I do and yet steer clear of so many other dance shows. Except, maybe, that I like the creativity element [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:57:57

Suddenly, Stuff Happens

And the year in seeing and doing stuff takes off hard this week . . . big entry, here . . . This past weekend we put up Episode 10 of Bryan Enk and Matt Gray's Penny Dreadful serial at The Brick, which went just as well as all the other episodes, and played to another two huge houses ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 22:58:33

Spending Money Locally

I always find it amusing when socialist organizations like the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives delves into economic issues ... have precessed over the migration of low-skill manufacturing jobs to the developing world. But not much is made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:26:13

Democrats Using Stimulus Package to Discriminate Against Whites

Cavmom alerted us to this racist little item brought to you by the Obama administration.  Yup, all you whiteys  better get to the back of the bailout bus, or else…Explosive Video Reich, Obamas economic advisor no “White Male Construction Workers”Robert Reich Excludes White Male Construction Workers from Obama Stimulus PlanSylvia Cochran - [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:08:39

Sundance Interview: Patton Oswalt of 'Big Fan'

As Paul Auferio, the title character in Robert Siegel's Big Fan (which Erik Davis reviews here), Patton Oswalt didn't have a chance to fall back on the skill set he's honed through the years as one of the best stand-up comics working today: "As a comedian, your instinct is you tag everything [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 03:02:00

10 Great Ways to Show You’re Grateful Today

10 Great Ways to Show You’re Grateful Today How many times do we acknowledge the things and people that make our life great?  I know that I could definitely improve my ability to say thank you to those around me.  Here is a great article on 10 great ways to show you’re grateful today – More on this topic can be found at here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 23:19:45

"If you wish for peace, prepare for war"

"If you wish for peace, prepare for war," from the Latin Si vis pacem, para bellum, is a statement I read somewhere this week and it has stuck in my mind like a song, replaying over and over.  Listening to the new United States President Barack Hussein Obama issue his executive orders, I wondered if he had ever heard the phrase " [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 01:47:12

Revisiting Catcher ERA and the Angels’ false dilemma

The question: Is Jeff Mathis better at calling games than Mike Napoli, and does it make him as valuable as the superior hitter Napoli? Previously: In response to my post about Mike Napoli’s extraordinary value to the Angels last year, Mark Whicker suggested that Jeff Mathis, not Napoli, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 20:09:51

The Pastor’s Apprentice: The Four Pillars of Ministry

In the past I have done some cartoons with “The Pastor’s Apprentice”. This one is not a cartoon but a written lesson for the pastor’s apprentice. Enjoy! Ah, my dear apprentice… please absorb these four pillars of pastoral ministry into your thoughts and into your work, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 21:49:37

And the second best is...?

            Been asked this question perhaps more than any other this season (beyond trade questions, that is) ... .                                                     That doesn't mean Michael Beasley doesn't have more skill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 20:01:23

Will Justice–or at Least Due Process–Come to Gitmo Detainees?

David Iglesias, one of the US Attorneys who were fired for actually trying to do their jobs in a fair, ... -- though that adds some fun to the mix -- but because his unique skill set positions him to handle ... blend of skill sets to the process. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 16:08:40

Why You Should Learn a Productivity System

One of the biggest barrier to productivity in most people’s lives is their resistance to adopting a productivity system. Some read a lot of productivity books and sites like Lifehack and feel like they can take a little bit from here and a little bit from there and call it a day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:00:00

World of Warcraft 3.08 Patch Notes

WOW Insider has posted the patch notes for the first major patch since Wrath of the Lich King was released. What does it say, however, when there are acknowledged bugs in the patch and it’s released anyway? The bugs in the new patch are: Ritual of Summoning can only be used once every two minutes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 18:08:29

The brilliance behind Obama's call to public service

One of Barack Obama's constant and primary memes has been a call for public service from the American citizenry. It is significant that he spent the day before his inauguration setting an example to follow - volunteering his time at a house for homeless teenagers in DC [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:20:00

Grand Sifu Monk by Veggiesomething x Crazy Label (Factory Sample Preview)

You know how in kungfu / martial arts movies, there's always the older venerable Sifu that trains the young disciples? The fount of wisdom and skill personified by a single revered entity? Well, then there are the masters of the masters, the Grand Sifus! And Veggiesomethingpreviews factory samples of the upcoming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 06:58:00

Jewelry Artist Mini Interview: Heather Powers of Humble Beads

Todays Mini Jewelry Artist Interview is with Heather Powers of Humble Beads. Don’t you just love this hedgehog bracelet?? ... in college to pay for extra expenses.  In 2002 I changed the focus of my business from selling jewelry to selling my art beads.  * Do you remember the first piece of jewelry you ever made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 19:02:21

Success In Sports-The Science And The Secrets To Athletic Achievement Part I

It’s no joke… Athletes train very hard to be the best ... efficiently accomplishing the task at hand. Knowledge of human kinetics (the science of biological ... for a particular skill-set) can hone a skill to perfection. This is where human kinetics comes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 00:10:34

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