Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
In the last month or so, our Friday adventures has taken us from the sublime of a choir singing “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” to the Museum of Failure and now to a feat of … I have no words. How about:
Flawless Hambone.
When I slap myself silly, it is usually for a bonehead decision. And it certainly doesn’t look like this!
Enjoy something you weren’t expecting today.
I was in the middle of an important call on my office phone when my cell phone sang its little melody. SCHEDULING DEPT I hadn’t scheduled any appointments, so I let it go. The phone summoned me again less than a minute later. SCHEDULING DEPT Goodness! This must be urgent. I hung up on the other person with a promise to call back. SCHEDULING DEPT turned out to be a salesperson calling from a home …
Today in the U.S. we honor the veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice and died in the military for our country. It is an important day of remembrance. Some interesting quotes to ponder in light of this day: “It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address …
Today’s fascinating video shows, in a two-minute time lapse, the seven days and 65 hours worth of work to set up a stadium for a rock concert. Just imagine the logistics! Which pieces go first, which go last? And all must work flawlessly. This road crew did the setup 19 times in four months in 2022 across Europe. Consider it this way: It took 260 people with 90 trucks moving 1.35 tons of …
I spent much of my early career in publishing, working with authors and publishers to market their books. It didn’t take long to experience the number one complaint of all authors working with all publishers: The marketing department didn’t do enough. And even when we did a good job, once the book launched and the initial marketing plan completed, the author and book were abandoned to sail across …
A great question came our way: Although I have been cultivating my online presence as a writer, I have found that someone who shares my name already has a significant online presence. This person does not live a Christian lifestyle: in fact, I would be terribly embarrassed and my professional integrity could be harmed if anyone mistook me for this individual. Perhaps other authors may face the …
If you have about 20 minutes, give today’s video a go. In this fascinating bit, the host displays and explains 30 optical illusions. Of course, now my eyes are asking me for a break and a return to reality. But then, is reading fiction reading reality, or is it an illusion? That is a philosophical question better left for smarter people than I am.
The Apostle Paul didn’t write his letter to the Romans—at least not by sitting down alone with paper and ink. He dictated his ideas to an amanuensis, a scribe or secretary who took dictation in shorthand and later rewrote the letter in full. This explains Paul’s conversational yet intricate writing style. And Paul’s dictation of the book of Romans isn’t some fringe …
If you missed this before, spend a little time this week with this great four-minute animated video written by Nalo Hopkinson on writing great fiction. It is also helpful for the nonfiction writer because you, too, tell stories. But yours happen to be nonfiction! Once you are done watching, you can take a short quiz and even go deeper on the TED-Ed site. (Click here for the quiz.) !
I really hope my book won’t be featured in this museum! Enjoy this fascinating video.
