Cause Marketing: The Rebirth of Philanthropy
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Business & Marketing | No Comments »One of the clients I work with is the cause marketing agency Personality™ in Los Angeles. They're all about bringing businesses and non-profits together so everybody wins. It's Bono's (Product) Red, where products like the iPod Nano on Converse sneakers ...
2006 Reading List
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Books | 1 Comment »I'm a little late to the game this year with my 2006 reading list, mainly because it's a woefully short list. It would have been even shorter if I didn't read books to my daughter and manage at least a ...
ULBC Youth Group Reunion
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in Friends | No Comments »Speaking of social networking, this week a few friends and I launched a virtual youth group reunion for my old youth group from Union Lake Baptist Church. We're all spread across the country (Detroit, Chicago, St. Paul, Kansas City, Dallas, ...
Networking the Social Networking
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »So I've been playing around with the social networking sites lately. A while ago I hopped on the MySpace bandwagon, which I didn't get at the time (I got over the weird protocol and started to add some friends and ...
Freakonomics on Abortion
Monday, January 22nd, 2007 Posted in Books, Society | 1 Comment »I recently finished reading a Christmas present, Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, a book most folks probably read a while ago (but hey, I read a book and I have a 1-year-old, so cut me some slack). The ...
Vote for the Best U2 Songs
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 Posted in U2 | No Comments »OK, so I'm still playing around with Squidoo's new Plexo thingy. This time around, let's vote for our favorite U2 songs. It's a much broader field than the Five Iron list and probably appeals to more folks. Plus this time ...
What’s the Best Five Iron Frenzy Ever?
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Posted in Music | No Comments »This is too much fun. Squidoo just added a voting/ranking functionality (I learned about it because CFCC/CMS is ranked among the top 59 smartest organizations online, currently at #5 (!?) in the voting). So let's try it out, shall we? ...
Can You Ever Just Be Whelmed?
Sunday, January 14th, 2007 Posted in Daily Grind | No Comments »Apparently the answer to the age old question is yes, and not just in Europe. While walking into church this morning some friends were walking out and I stopped briefly to say hi. One of them commented that I looked a ...
AIDS-Kicking Sneakers Over Wii
Sunday, January 14th, 2007 Posted in Just for Fun | 2 Comments »Well, no more delusions of playing my own Wii anytime soon. I opted for the Product (Red) AIDS-kicking sneakers instead. Which, while not as expensive as a Wii, leaves me far enough shy of being able to afford a Wii ...
Reinterpreting Star Wars: R2-D2 & Chewbacca the Heroes
Sunday, January 14th, 2007 Posted in Movies | 1 Comment »I love this article: A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope. Based on the info from the Star Wars prequels, we need to reinterpret the originals and it appears as though R2-D2 and Chewbacca are incredible Rebel spies. I also ...
