mediatinker.com The other day I was listening to an interview with an author on NPR when a call-in comment made me stop and think. This caller, John from Chicago, explained the powerful creative tool he learned from doing improv comedy. "Yes! And…" Whoa. Two words that affirm and springboard to more ideas. How simple. I can see that these two words will create a spark in my creative projects – and in my business and personal life, too. Let's all say it together (good and loud now): "Yes! And…" Aha!! My brother-in-law Mitch will recognize this, as he's taken improv…
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GalerÃa Artesanos del Caganer (tags: caganer peasants crap) ~xpapr~ Make Xmas paper from Flickr photos! (tags: Flickr Xmas)
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Television Without Pity » Doctor Who » Fear Her Rose and the Doctor head to London 2012 for the Olympics, only to find themselves on a suburban street where the children are disappearing. After a bunch of herrings both red and anvilicious, it is discovered that one lonely little girl named Chloe is responsible: she pulls her neighbors into her art by drawing them. Shes also got her mean scary demonic dad locked up in a very scary picture in her closet. After a billion years of gumshoe and lots of sardonic twitticisms, it is discovered that the girl is…
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In November of 1993, I visited Japan for 2 weeks. It was a big adventure; my friend Debbie was living in Nagoya then and the original plan was that we’d take off for a few days together and then I’d be on my own. The plan changed when Debbie had a family emergency, and she left me in the hands of some friends of hers. I spent a lot of time at first getting used to living in a Japanese apartment, exploring Nagoya via subway, and watching a lot of Japanese TV. Then after a few days of culture shock…
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Last night at about the time when people log out and go home, we got word that there was a big accident at the intersection at the far end of the parking lot. Supposedly, the intersection was closed and they were re-routing cars around it; it's been listed as one of the most dangerous intersections in this part of the suburbs because of the high number of serious accidents that occur there. Fair enough, I made mental note to possibly hook around and take the tollway in the direction of home. As I left the building, a long, long string…
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Salt Lake Tribune – Mullen: Farewell, and thanks for reading This is my final column for The Tribune. Every action in life has a trigger. Last weekend, a good friend and editor pulled my Sunday column. I got mad. We had a serious discussion. The column did not run. I fear he blames himself for my decision to quit. But it goes beyond one dispute. In context, this event served me well. I needed a jolt. I need to reboot. I'm leaving the best job and newspaper in Utah. Damn! I've enjoyed reading Holly Mullen's columns. I've even…
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~xpapr~ For those stuck at home with no wrapping paper… create your own using images from Flickr! [tags]Flickr, Christmas, Xmas, funny, creative[/tags]
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For a month or more, I haven’t blogged much about iTunes, because I was having a frustrating issue with iTunes, ecto, and oddly enough, AOL. A long time ago, about a million Intarwebs years or so, I had an AOL account. When I got my iPod and set up iTunes last year, I stupidly allowed the default set up to use my old AOL account name and password – hey, it asked, and the credit card was still valid. Then I came to my senses after the first month or two, created a new iTunes ID and used the same…
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OUP: Free carol wordsheets (tags: Christmas)
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Telegraph | News | Curious incident in the night leaves Bishop of Southwark with black eye and sore head The best part: he climbs into the back seat of a complete stranger's car outside a bar near his cathedral, and proceeds to toss toys out into the street. When challenged, he replied "I'm the Bishop of Southwark, it's what I do." His flock have already forgiven him and shrugged it off. A holiday party at the Irish Embassy and a bottle or two of excellent Portuguese wine probably contributed to his confusion. He apparently forgot that he had not been driven…