Archive for November 28th, 2006
Money and Me, Me, Me
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006It’s often said that money changes people. Now a team of experimental psychologists has found that just thinking of money changes people. With money on their minds, experimental subjects became more focused on themselves–in both good ways and bad. Report. HT: Bob Campbell, Guy Kawasaki60 late days account credit dateaccreditation online university boardprograms online certification [...]
One Punk Under God
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006A NYC bus ad turned me onto it this morning: One Punk Under God, an upcoming reality show on Sundance Film Channel featuring “The Prodigal Son of Jim and Tammy Faye.” Jay Bakker was a keynote speaker (download audio) at Urban Youth Workers Institute the same year as me. Now he’s got his own show [...]
Race – Still Newsworthy
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Race, racism, and racists are making headline news again, as two unrelated stories gripped the New York public Thanksgiving weekend. First was the tragic police shooting of three men outside of a Queens strip club. Reportedly, “Although Bell and another of the wounded men, Trent Benefield, 23, were black, [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg said it doesn’t [...]
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
I need a fix for my periodic bouts with writer’s bloc from these guys (video here). Props to Ramon Trevino and York’s Chain Reaction posse! Luv you guys. Ramon (c), with my father and one of his students, in front of a mural he did for Generation Xcel in New York. Check his website and [...]