American Express CEO Ken Chenault

I’m taking a class and my job is to profile Ken Chenault — the CEO of American Express.  After a lecture at the Wharton School in Pennsylvania Chenault shared some personal insights with an MBA student… Looking back, Chenault admits that he worked many weekends, but he questions the extent to which this was necessary. … [Read more…]

Use Your Arm as Bait!

The Sport of Noodling I just watched “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe”  This episode showcased “Noodling” which is sport fishing with the hands.  It’s practiced in 4 states in the US (LA, MS, OK, and TN)… It’s pretty simple… Go to one of the four states where Noodling is practiced Find a River/Lake Stick your … [Read more…]

22 Ways to Overclock Your Brain

I just read the post “22 Ways to Overclock Your Brain“. I especially liked # 15 and 22. More interesting Research found here offers a regimen to follow: 1) Increase distilled water consumption to one gallon per day 2) Stop drinking any other liquids 3) Eliminate dairy products 4) Increase high fiber foods 5) Get … [Read more…]

Quote of the day!

a good one today… Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

How to Safely Swim with Piranhas

I read an interesting article today… How to Safely Swim with Piranhas Simply put, here’s what not to do: Go to South America during the dry season Visit a slow moving stream during the day Cut yourself, or find a bloody carcass to tie around your waist Jump out of your boat into the water … [Read more…]

Ocean shaved her face

Lindsay went with Ocean to pee and Ocean grapped my razor and shaved her face. Check out the video on YouTube! ps. This is the first video I’ve ever posted on YouTube!… it was pretty painless and the upload actually worked… most of the time my uploads fail on Myspace~!  cool.

My Nintendo Wii

I’ve had it out of the box for 3 hours.  the first ten minutes were spent assembling it.  there’s a 12 inch sensor bar used to detect the wii-mote as I move it about the room.  I mounted mine on the top of my TV… it’s almost invisible and it works great… there’s NO latency … [Read more…]

Grains Grapes & Grounds

I’m sitting at the top of the stairs at Grains Grapes & Grounds in Ogden Utah.  This store is really cool.  It’s warm friendly atmosphere and unique gifts make it more than just another beer & wine homebrewing supply store.  The store is made up of three sections, coffees and coffee supplies, teas and tea supplies, and beer and … [Read more…]

Get AMBER Alerts on your cell phone!

AMBER alerts are sent out when kids are abducted or go missing and they are in immediate danger. (more info…) Now, you can get Amber Alerts for your zip codes delivered via text message (SMS) to your cell phone… (more info…) You could help save a child’s life Sign up for Wireless Amber Alerts (put … [Read more…]

Dinner with Matt (No more 411)

Tonight Matt and I went to Fate which serves fantastic asian cuisine. They’re located at: 905 N 4th St Phoenix, 85004 Here’s their phone # 602-254-6424 They’re open till 10:00pm on weeknights and 12:00am on weekends.. I got their contact information via Google SMS.. Just send a text message to GOOGL (46645). To get Fate’s … [Read more…]