Once again proving that it pays to spend some time on Twitter (at a bare minimum to see what people you know are up to and to pick up cool things they find interesting) – here’s a great video that I found very inspiring! It’s a short film (16 minutes) entitled Validation and I think […]

   photo by egarc2 I had a chance to catch the 2nd half of an episode of Shark Tank over the weekend (I saw the last half of Episode 7 if you’re looking it up). If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a 1/2 hour reality show where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their idea or […]

This is the perfect time of year to sit back and relax. Enjoy your family, enjoy your friends. Take some time to purposely not think about all the stuff you normally think about. Let your mind drift, play some games, read a great book, catch a movie…whatever works best for you. It looks like we’ve […]

In the spirit of the season, I wanted to share some really cool ‘gifts’ that I ran across this week – fascinating, helpful, interesting and fun.  I don’t know if you’ll get stuff this cool at home during the holidays (apologies if I’m spoiling you).  😉 Gift 1 – the Gift of Challenge Hopefully you’re […]

I’ve been on a kick lately to collect older movies – movies that I remember as influential or just entertaining from ‘formative’ years (which probably are still going on now that I think about it). Some of them have held up better than others (I watched the director’s cut of The Warriors recently and I […]

I had a chance to re-watch The Shawshank Redemption recently and remembered why it’s one of my all time favorite movies.  It’s got a compelling, gripping story that will stay with you long after the lights come up.  It’s got great acting and narration from the incomparable Morgan Freeman.  And it has lots of great […]