"Murphy was an optimist!"
Of Grasshoppers October 17, 2007 12:18 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: What does my family need more from me? Time or money?
Master: Balance.
Doug’s Mantras October 16, 2007 1:25 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Doug's Mantras, PhilosophyPut 100 percent into whatever you do!
add a commentQuote of the Day October 16, 2007 10:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, QuoteThe sentence I read that made me laugh out loud today:
add a commentIf “The Secret” had a plot, it might go something like “Tony Robbins uncovers the Judas Gospel and learns to use the Force.” [Source, LA Times, Self-help gone nutty]
Juggling Urges October 15, 2007 3:45 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Health, Humor, Juggling, PhilosophyI have taken to practicing juggling in the carpool line. My 5 ball juggling has really started to clean up and today I started trying to work a couple of behind the back throws into the 5 ball routine. I’ll practice many things in the carpool line. I haven’t done anythings scary yet but still the mothers in the carpool will get out of their cars and chat with one another all while avoiding me. So yes, sometimes I do get the urge to juggle machetes.
Thanks Willful!
1 comment so farOf Grasshoppers October 15, 2007 5:28 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: I had my chance.
Master: There are more chances to come.
Quote of the Day October 14, 2007 1:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Communications, Philosophy, Publishing, Quote, TechnologyThis made me laugh hysterically.
“We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.†Robert Wilensky
Thanks to JBB of Lumbering Through Life! As an aside, I disagree with stance that Twitter’s 140 character limit is in place as an etiquette and means of keeping thoughts concise. The 140 character limit is to enable Twitter to send message by SMS and keep the message within a single text message. I believe different people are finding different uses for Twitter. I have chosen not to follow a couple of people because of their topic choices and style. I think Twitter’s will fall into 3 groups: self-promoters and linkers (using Twitter to post URLs to blogs and websites), news/media alerts, and voyeurs/exhibitionists/chatters. The first group, the linkers, will use Twitter to promote traffic to their own sites or sites interest them. The news/media alerts will be a group sharing relevant information that is happening now. The chatters will use Twitter as a replacement or complement to IRC and the instant messengers. Not everyone will enjoy the style of all three groups.
Update: My wife agrees with jbb.
add a commentZe’s Alive! October 12, 2007 8:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Philosophy, PublishingZe Frank brings it home on social networking!
add a commentFrom the mouths of babes October 10, 2007 1:57 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes, Humor, PhilosophyMy brother calls: "So what’s up with you guys?"
Me: "What?! You don’t read our blogs?"
Of Grasshoppers October 10, 2007 12:37 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: It’s so hard to not care.
Master: Care, about something else.
Everything something something kingergarten October 8, 2007 1:35 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, PhilosophyThe world will be a better place when I can remember to not speak unless spoken to.
1 comment so farOf Grasshoppers October 8, 2007 1:21 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: Why do I try?
Master: Perhaps you try too much.
Of Grasshoppers October 7, 2007 7:39 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: I don’t know what to do.
Master: Then I cannot help you.
Is $1000 for someone else not worth YOUR time? October 7, 2007 10:15 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Activism, Blog, Love, Philanthropy, Philosophy, Publishing, Touchy SubjectsI am really enjoying participating in The Problogger Birthday Bash Darren Rowse and Lara Kulpa have put together. I do find it a little troubling that when they offered a prize of $1000 to your favorite charity it only generated 24 qualifying entries! Now turn it around. Instead of offering a decent sum of money for someone else, offer a $20 gift certificate for yourself and they got 724 comments! (not all of those would have been qualifying but I’m not going to count). Granted, there was a prize in that post which could have gotten you $500 for yourself but winning any other prize did not disqualify you from entering the charity giveaway. Every single Problogger reader should have entered the charity giveaway!
Ok. Let me get off my soap box and add in a little rationality.
- The money for self contest required no effort, just a comment under the post itself with as little as one word in it, so it makes sense that the number participants would be far greater.
- We assume that every reader of Problogger, due to its subject matter, has a blog BUT that could be a false assumption; ergo, the participation in the money for self would be higher.
- Not everyone is into charities. And that’s ok. So the participation in the money for self would be higher.
- The charity post required a little substance and effort. Unfortunately, effort and substance do knock a lot of people out of the game. Therefore, the money for self would be naturally higher.
All that said, it does make sense that some of the other contest posts would generate more comments. But only 24 valid entries for giving $1000 away to a meaningful cause?! Surely we should have done better than that! Karthik shares my sentiment.
Life is a participation sport. Get up! Participate! Be active in your community. Vote! Go to school board meetings. Pick up trash. Bring a shopping cart into the grocery with you instead of leaving it in the parking lot. Say hi to your neighbor. Hug someone daily! Volunteer your time. Leave a legacy. Make a difference!
2commentsSo good! October 6, 2007 10:28 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Of Interest, PhilosophyArtistry! Neon Bible is the type of work I awe. (thanks GoldenFiddle!)
Make sure you click around a lot! (particularly the hands)
add a commentMy Entry to the Problogger iPod giveaway October 5, 2007 7:50 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Contest, Of Interest, PoetryMy entry for Problogger’s 6th giveaway is:
iBlog for iMust
I met a guy from Oz
Tim Miller his name
Of SpyJournal fame
We have never met in person
But are friends all the sameSee I was trying out
This fad call blogging
Tim said its more than a game
Blogging is not a fad
It’s here to stayPeople make a living
In this digital world
Publishing their own word
Tim advise, “Check out problogger
A site by Darren Rowse.”Problogger showed the way
Follow these rules
And you can make your pay
In the comfort of pajamas
Sitting at your computer all dayI have yet to make a dime
But Darren must be doing ok
For it’s Problogger’s birthday
And good ol’ Darren
Is giving $54,000 away
Remember, they just needed a poem with the word "problogger" or "Darren" in it. The poem did not have to be a literary masterpiece although there are a couple of gems! At the time of this post, Darren Rowse and Lara Kulpa had 416 entries for their iPod giveaway which includes 4 iPods and 1 iPod makeover. You still have 4 hours to enter.
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