It’s snowing!
(Pardon my excitement, but it’s the first snow I’ve seen all year. I was in Green Bay when the Twin Cities received their first inch or two–all I got was rain.)
Yearly Archives: 2004
Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus
The Beatles can step aside; America’s largest Jesus is taking the stage. The 62-foot Jesus towers over Interstate 75 in Monroe, Ohio, a “beacon of hope and salvation” erected by the Solid Rock Church.
You never thought you’d see headlines like these:
Giant Jesus makes many stop
Most come to praise 62-foot Jesus sculpture on I-75
Six-story statue of Jesus greets drivers on I-75
And how about some others?
Biggest Jesus Ever
Volkswagen Crushed By Christ …
Now There’s a Headline!
Brains on Overdrive
I haven’t done much pondering lately. I’ve been rather busy. Writing a novel, listening to U2, eating turkey, posting things like this. It’s been hard to just sit down and think.
Skinny Tie Day
The Monkey Outta Nowhere world headquarters in St. Paul, Minn. had skinny tie day today. All employees were encouraged to wear a skinny tie in an effort to boost company-wide morale.
The gimmick proved to be popular with most employees and could see a return. It’s not clear if skinny tie day will spread to other businesses, but prospects are good.
Monkey Wrote a Novel
It’s with great honor and a bit of pride that congratulate our very own Head Monkey, Kevin D. Hendricks, for writing a novel. Kevin tackled the 50,000-word novel last month as part of National Novel Writing Month, joining almost 6,000 other winners from around the world.
Kevin managed to complete his first novel in a mere 20 days, thanks to an outpouring of support and lots of caffiene. He’s currently copyediting the novel for a quick and dirty self-publishing run (available soon from Cafepress), and plans to pursue a more thorough edit and possible publication in the future. For now the unedited version of the novel is available online.
The Business of Play
The New York Times covers the board game company Cranium (makers of the famous game of the same name) and their efforts to make games for children and adults that make everyone feel like a winner. It sounds a bit overly sensitive at first, but if you remember the brutal gloating fests after a bitter game of Monopoly it makes sense.
HTDAAB on Repeat
So as you can imagine, I’ve been listening to U2 non-stop since picking up How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb yesterday morning. I’ve also enjoyed reading all kinds of reviews and articles, as well as hearing friends’ reactions, which is actually more important.
So let’s have a little U2 talk.
DIY Business
Marketing guru Seth Godin (author of Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside) has released a previous book in a free PDF format for a limited time only: The Bootstrapper’s Bible.
The 103-page PDF covers the typical “bootstrapper” in business, the person who picks themselves up by their own bootstraps, making a business happen with few resources. A nice (free) source for ideas and inspiration. Godin also comments on his own blog about the successfulness of spreading an idea when it’s offered for free.
100 Greatest Christian Songs Vol. 2
The song list for the second volume of CCM’s Top 100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music has been announced. So far, the shut-out of Tooth & Nail continues.
The songs from the second volume (the 100 songs were not ranked) include …