My friend Andew recommends that you Play With Spider – Flash 3D – OneMotion.com — a great example of Flash animation.
After listening to Everything Incorporated | WBUR and NPR – On Point with Tom Ashbrook, i really want to read “Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back” (Douglas Rushkoff), which sounds like a good companion read to “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” (Naomi Klein) and her earlier book, “No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies” (Klein Naomi).
Max and I came up with this on the way to school, and sang it for his class.
Chorus:
You better not slip,
you better not slide,
you better be careful
when you’re going outside
because
Black ice is coming to town
Verse:
You’ll slip when you are walking
You’ll skid when you go drive,
when you get to where you’re going
you’ll be glad that you’re alive.
(Repeat chorus)
Be careful out there!
Change is coming, whether we want it or not (but that’s always true). I’m incredibly happy to see a president who is not: the son or wife of a previous president, or a general, or admiral, or coming from a long line of politicians, or … a white male.
It’s great to see that this country can still pick a leader based on what we perceive as his qualifications, not the color of his skin or the last name of his father. Enough dynasties! We need some new ideas and perspectives. It’s the old ways of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.
Even if you don’t agree with Obama’s policies, you have to admit that he’s going to shake things up.
The Boston Globe has published a series of excellent photos of Obama from the campaign and election.
Here’s what I’m mixing up in the blender:
Ingredients
1 c. soy milk
28 g. soy protien
5 g creatine monohydrate
8 g. (1 scoop) super greens
1 Tbsp flax seed oil
1 banana
0.5 c. frozen blueberries
4 ice cubes
Blend. Drink. Enjoy.
Notes: the creatine makes it a little gritty, but it’s optional. I use creatine to prevent soreness and help with recovery.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 600
Carbs: 75 g
Protein: 36 g
Fiber: 10.5 g
Fat: 18.5 g
S. Fat: 1.5 g
Just for kicks, I checked McDonald’s Nutrition Facts to see how this compares to a Big Mac:
Calories: 540
Carbs: 45 g
Protein: 25 g
Fiber: 3 g
Fat: 29 g
S. Fat: 10 g
So, the shake has more calories & more carbs, but also more protein and less saturated fat. I?m not even going to compare the vitamins and minerals.
I’ve been extremely busy this week, but also quite successful in hiring contractors to staff up my big project so I can relax during my vacation, knowing that work is proceeding while I am able to take a well-deserved break.
I’m pleased to say that I’ve achieved two of my biggest goals for the recent three-month period:
- I’ve made incredible progress in outsourcing work so I can focus on the most important tasks in running my business.
- I am taking time off from work for two weeks in a row — although I won’t be able to take two entire consecutive weeks off. that’s mostly a result of some family commitments, although it looks like I also need to sneak in at least one day of work every two weeks to keep everything on track.
Still, that’s a big improvement over two years ago, when I couldn’t even take an entire week off during the summer.
Identifying the big vacation as a goal has really helped me focus on doing what’s important for my business and my personal life. Plus, obviously that’s a goal I can get excited about: having fun while my company is generating revenue.
The vacation plans include heading out into the woods so I will be hard-pressed to find Internet access. I’m not bringing a laptop or any work with me either. I am bringing my Treo, as I always do, and I will probably Twitter a bit while I’m away. If I really get my act together, maybe I can even forward my calls to my virtual assistant.
Here’s a recipe I tried for the first time — simple, and it tasted great:
VONGOLI SICILIANA
- 2 dozen little neck clams-cleaned, and scrubbed
- 2 tbls. of parsley
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tbls. of olive oil
- 1/2 cup of water
- pepper
- heat oil in a large pot
- add garlic, and parsley, and heat a few minutes
- add water, pepper, and clams
- cover pot and steam clams open
- place clams in a deep dish, and pour broth over them
I found that the clams were salty enough without adding any more salt to the recipe. See the original clam recipe.
For summer flavaz with the VSOP:
2 parts Southern Comfort
4 parts cognac (VSOP, baby!)
1 part lemon juice
Lots of ice
Shake it up. Serve chilled…
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Paperback)
Even if you aren’t a New Englander, you’ll appreciate how the seeds of what made American history such a unique mix of European and Native American culture first sprouted here in the tenuous first encounters between two groups of people who couldn’t have more different backgrounds, yet shared so many common interests. Perhaps that’s why they ended up fighting one of the most destructive wars in written American history, King Philip’s War.
This book is a very specific and focused follow up to the period of American history covered in 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
