via minusthebear.com
At the risk of turning this lifestream-like object into a poor man's MTV, this Minus the Bear song - and the video - is hella kick ass.
random bits of micro-content goodness from greg verdino: marketer, futurist, speaker and author of microMARKETING (mcgraw-hill / 2010)
At the risk of turning this lifestream-like object into a poor man's MTV, this Minus the Bear song - and the video - is hella kick ass.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't always wear my seatbelt. OK - Amanda nags me about this constantly - I rarely wear a seatbelt. This PSA from the UK is pretty damn effective...
Sure, all the social media nerds (I mean "experts") are spreading this video around on Twitter, but it's still pretty good. This weekend, my daughter watched her first Muppet movie (not THE Muppet Movie but Muppet Treasure Island) so this reminds me of her. I'll have to show it to her over Thanksgiving weekend.
From Steve Martin:
Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. Sure, a writer can get stuck for a while, but when that happens to a real author -- say, a Socrates or a Rodman -- he goes out and gets an "as told to." The alternative is to hire yourself out as an "as heard from," thus taking all the credit. The other trick I use when I have a momentary stoppage is virtually foolproof, and I'm happy to pass it along. Go to an already published novel and find a sentence that you absolutely adore. Copy it down in your manuscript. Usually, that sentence will lead you to another sentence, and pretty soon your own ideas will start to flow. If they don't, copy down the next sentence in the novel. You can safely use up to three sentences of someone else's work -- unless you're friends, then two. The odds of being found out are very slim, and even if you are there's usually no jail time.
Love this. And I can attest that the drinking part is true. Thanks to @jquig99 for sending the link my way.
The door of Amanda's and my room at the Surf Lodge in Montauk, Long Island. Taken during the summer with my Panasonic Lumix G1 and processed on my iPhone using the Best Camera app.
@jquig99 sent me a Diana Mini for my birthday and as soon as I can figure out how to load the film without shredding it (trust me, putting real film into an analogue camera isn't like riding a bike - I've more than forgotten how to do it) I am looking forward to learning how to take "real" pictures.
