Taking the Your Turn Challenge

by Damian | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

The “Your Turn Challenge” is a 7-day blogging challenge inspired by the Your Turn book by Seth Godin.

Today’s writing prompt is: Why are you doing the Your Turn Challenge?

Because it is there.

Because Winnie asked me do it, and who can say no to a Winnie?

Because if I spend an hour each day on my blog post, I’ll only be 9,993 hours away from being a blogging master.

Because, to paraphrase a writer or three, “writing is easy”*

Because taking on this challenge gives me a great excuse for avoiding domestic chores like washing the dishes and folding the laundry. I know my wife appreciates that. In fact, she’s giving me the “#1” sign right now. (Wrong finger, honey.)

Because every one of my blog posts will be a pile of ship.

*I left out the part of the quote that talks about opening up a vein and bleeding onto the page. Because that sounds icky.

Imagination is wonderful… except to TimeWarner Cable

by Damian | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

I can’t stand the TimeWarner Cable commercial where the mom gets mad at her husband and their son because they’ve used the living room furniture and some blankets to create a giant fort to play in, thereby preventing Mommie Dearest from watching her favorite shows on the TV in that room. In other words, she’s mad at her husband and son for using their imagination and playing together, because it prevents her from sitting on her butt on the couch and ignoring her family while turning her mind into mush watching cooking shows on a big screen TV. Thank goodness she has the TimeWarner app so she can still tune them out and stare at a screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou2nES1mzss

“Imagination is more important than knowledge” – Albert Einstein

“Imagination is more important than watching ‘Chopped’.” – Me

Hocus Focus – Meathead edition

by Damian | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Hocus-Focus

Find at least 6 differences in details between panels

(This was a trick question, there is no difference between Meathead Rob Lowe and Gronk.)

Quiz of the Day

by Damian | Jan 10, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

A “Cumberbatch” is:

A. Hollywood’s flavor of the month.

B. a vegetable appetizer.

C. a slang term used in tuxedo rental shops to indicate any amount of 8  or more.

D. all of the above.

Another shot of Brandi

by Damian | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Someday, perhaps, most of the world will finally realize that Brandi Carlile is a real gem of a singer and songwriter. Until then, she can be our little secret. Check out this video of Brandi and her band performing “Wherever is Your Heart” — a song from her forthcoming album “The Firecatcher’s Daughter” — live in the studios of The Current (a great public radio station) in Minneapolis.

You can check out audio of the full performance and interview here: http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2014/12/30/brandi-carlile-performs-in-the-current-studio. The new album comes out March 3rd on ATO Records.

Here’s a video of Brandi and her longtime bandmates and songwriting collaborators (“The Twins” aka Tim and Phil Hanseroth) doing another song from the new album:

If that performance doesn’t give you goose bumps, you have no soul.

And here’s a nice interview with Brandi from an NPR blog: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/12/16/371064979/listen-to-the-eye-a-new-song-by-brandi-carlile

Now go tell your friends about Brandi Carlile. This is one secret that needs to be revealed.