She’s Not a Baby Anymore
Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Children | No Comments »I haven't had a good Lexi blog in a while. So here we go... Lately I'm amazed at the sudden developmental growth my daughter is going through. A couple Sundays back she started wandering around church after the service like she'd ...
Multi-Faceted Promotion
Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Books | No Comments »I've gotten a little over-zealous promoting the Cat in the Hat free book giveaway. But can you blame me? It's so easy. Send a free online card and a kid who needs a book gets one. That's worth getting excited ...
Send a Card, Give a Book: Last Chance
Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Books | No Comments »I mentioned before how Random House is giving books away in honor of the Cat in the Hat's 50th birthday. At the time they were giving away 1 million books, one for every birthday card they received. Well, with more ...
How to Write for the Web
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in Internet, Writing | 2 Comments »A client asked me if I had any tips for writing online, and I salivated at the prospect. I'm just full of brilliant ideas. So I dove into my meticulously organized file of links and articles to find a collection ...
Nostalgia, Shelley & Cancer
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in Friends, Health | No Comments »I came across a blast from my past yesterday, this lovely photo from a fifth grade class trip. My dorkiness doesn't so much surprise me. I'm used to that. But it's the collective dorkiness that's impressive. At least in hindsight. While ...
Marketing Wisdom from Seth Godin
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 Posted in Business & Marketing | No Comments »I've got a triple whammy of marketing wisdom from marketing guru Seth Godin (who else?). Meetings: Everybody always whines about how unproductive meetings are. I suppose they can be, but when I worked on teams most of our meetings seemed pretty ...
Lexi vs. Mazie vs. a Muppet
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 Posted in Animals, Children | No Comments »The other day Lexi and our dog Mazie played with a Muppets honker puppet. They'd already been at it for a while when I came down the hall to see what all the exitement was about. Lexi vs. Mazie vs. Honker ...
Fear What’s Different: We’re a Stupid People
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 Posted in Society | No Comments »In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting racism is on my mind. The morning after the shooting NPR had a story about the impact of 9/11 and the unfounded racism anyone who could be mistaken for an Arab experienced. ...
Best Donuts in the Twin Cities: Granny Donuts
Friday, April 13th, 2007 Posted in Just for Fun | 4 Comments »Forget Krispy Kreme. The best donuts in the Twin Cities can be found in a tiny little shop called Granny Donuts on Robert Street in West St. Paul (Robert is quickly becoming our "New Snelling" since we moved). I'm not exactly ...
Ask a Ninja About the Future of Entertainment
Thursday, April 12th, 2007 Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »Kent Nichols of AskaNinja.com shares his take on how to succeed in the future of entertainment in another Pop!Tech video. (This one's about 24 minutes--kind of annoys me that tech-savvy folks didn't think it important to tell you how long ...
