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-- Conan O'Brien, Last Episode of Tonight Show

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Take a moment for progress

October 26th, 2009 | 11:42 am

Hey everyone!
Short post. It’s been ages since the last one, I know. Lots of great stuff happened since. Life feels…different. Though it takes a moment of reflection to observe it…
So last night I was out with a buddy. It was a Sunday (yes, we were out on a Sunday), and we had just left The [...]

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Parrrrrttty! Extreme Mix Volume 5

May 14th, 2009 | 2:58 pm

Celebrating my 24th on Friday, and I’ve come up with my party mix. Inspiration for this was Harold & Kumar’s infamous car scene, singing Wilson Philip’s “Hold On” with no restraint…love it!! (Check out the clip at bottom)

I’m sure I’ve missed some goodies…leave a comment if you think of an awesome song to add to [...]

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Facebook: Taking my face…off.

February 21st, 2009 | 11:56 pm

I’ve been re-evaluating a lot of things lately. Questions I try to ask myself frequently is, “Is doing this getting my closer to my goals?”, and “Is this making the world a better place?”
I’ve thought about it before, but today I really weighed out the benefits and non-benefits of facebook. It undeniably takes a big chunk [...]

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You can repeat a lie enough to make it fact.

-- Unknown

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Doing more things slows you down

November 16th, 2008 | 1:39 am

Lumosity came out with a new game. I love this company and their website, and appreciate what they are doing to help people.
What do they do? Lumosity develops flash games based around recognizing and developing various cognitive abilities, such as memory and attention. This new game is called Brain Shift, and reflects in some way our ability [...]

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Road to SXSW 2009

November 13th, 2008 | 9:58 pm

Today I registered for the SXSW interactive conference that comes around in March.
Five days of technology industry wazoo. You can find some big names here. The overwhelming feeling of inspiration and meeting awesome people…that’s what I’m excited for! Oh, and all the free parties. Those, too.

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Double Take

November 3rd, 2008 | 6:28 pm

One interesting thing about the schools I work with this year, other than the recent shuffling of some high schools (Johnston High now is Eastside Memorial), is the block schedule. This means that I have two sets of students that I see every other week, but doing more or less the same material for both [...]

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Be mobile. Open your mind.

October 29th, 2008 | 10:30 pm

Photo used under Creative Commons from FaceMePLS
Back in the days of studying for classes – a time that I am glad is over – I remember having a few select spots that were conducive to studying. Getting your brain in a to start thinking in a brilliant state can have a lot to do with [...]

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Indecision may or may not be my problem

-- Jimmy Buffet, singer/songwriter and businessman

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