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  • Pay for your Mistakes | 2010.06.08

    “... if you follow a leader who struggles admitting they are wrong, DO NOT FOLLOW THEM. We all make mistakes, and people who admit their mistakes are in touch with their humanity, and those who don’t are simply delusional. And if they are not willing to pay for their mistakes, you better believe they are going to make those around them pay.” Donald Miller on umpire Jim Joyce’s reaction to blowing a call.

  • Slay Monsters with your Little Monsters | 2010.04.28

    “Monster Slayers: The Heroes of Hesiod captures the flavor, fun, and educational benefits of Dungeons & Dragons in a fast-paced, easy-to-learn experience for kids ages six years old and up.” A free PDF download, no additional purchase required (well except dice, paper, and imagination).

  • Things My Children Won’t Comprehend: Floppy Disks | 2010.04.26

    “Fully 12 years after the original G3 iMac dropped support for the 3.5-inch floppy disk, Sony has finally decided to stop making them. The reason is a lack of demand. The surprise is that it took so long.” I never had to “wind a watch” my children will never “format a floppy”.

  • For Project Management, Omniscience is a Requirement | 2010.04.11

    Happy Cog’s Brett Harned on project management. “Because your PM should know what is happening on your projects all the time. If he or she doesn’t, then you’re going to have problems.” This is so incredibly true. I’m looking forward to Brett’s writing.

  • Borrowing or Investing | 2010.04.07

    “But stop making me feel guilty about leaving future generations a clean, educated, healthy, well-defended country with a vigorous economy, even if it comes with some debt attached. It still seems like a bargain.” Scott Adams thoughts on investing in our children’s future.

  • Discover the joy of home brewing Kombucha | 2010.03.25

    “This week’s Instructables TV episode shows how to wrangle the jellyfish-like “Mother” and make Kombucha 5 gallons at a time. This method produces a fizzy carbonated kombucha that tastes very much like hard apple cider.” We brew our own at home. Its delicious!

  • Jewish Non-profit Reboots the Sabbath | 2010.03.23

    “The Sabbath Manifesto is a creative project designed to slow down lives in an increasingly hectic world.” This is definitely a good way to honor the 4th Commandment and sound advice if you believe in the divine or not.

  • Andrew Peterson on Truth and Making | 2010.03.21

    “I bear the Maker’s image, and one of the ways that plays out is that I delight in making. I’ve loved to draw for as long as I can remember. From the moment I picked up the guitar I wasn’t content to play another guy’s songs–I wanted to sing my own.” A concise read on the necessity of telling the Truth in Story.

  • Christianity and the Son of Hamas | 2010.03.08

    The WSJ’s Matthew Kaminski interviews Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of one of the founders of the terrorist group Hamas. “I’m not trying to convert the entire nation of Israel and the entire nation of Palestine to Christianity. But at least if you can educate them about the ideology of love, the ideology of forgiveness, the ideology of grace. Those principles are great regardless, but we can’t deny they came from Christianity as well.” I need to read his new book, Son of Hamas.

  • Roger Ebert, Four Years After Losing His Voice | 2010.02.16

    Esquire’s wonderful piece on Roger Ebert, one of my favorite writers. “He begins to write about more than movies…. The existence of an afterlife, the beauty of a full bookshelf, his liberalism and atheism and alcoholism, the health-care debate, Darwin, memories of departed friends and fights won and lost — more than five hundred thousand words of inner monologue have poured out of him, five hundred thousand words that probably wouldn’t exist had he kept his other voice.”

  • Donald Miller Responds to Pat Robertson on Haiti | 2010.01.14

    “For those thinking this blog was too harsh, please understand that in one passing comment, Pat Robertson painted an entire nation as Godless, and deserving of destruction.” I wish more Christian leaders stood up to the old guard like this.

  • Your New Years Story for 2010 | 2010.01.03

    Author Donald Miller recommends a story over traditional resollutions. “A story involves a person that wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it. If you plan a story this year, instead of just simple goals, your life will be more exciting, more meaningful and more memorable.” This is brilliant and a big inspiration in rebooting my own site (and life) for 2010.