“Rights have to come from somewhere, and they come from the community. In return, all of us have a responsibility to the community.” – Randy Pausch What value do you provide to the world? This is the fundamental question that nobody is talking about. Everyone wants to talk about rights, especially in America: the right…
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. – Devil in the White City, Erik Larson I can’t do the Chicago World’s Fair justice in this post. If you want to know the complete saga, go to the library or jump onto Amazon and buy Devil in the White City by…
This week’s podcast focuses on the unintended benefits of trying to do something – for example, the changes I made in my eating habits led to the correction of a serious health disorder that had impacted my life for years. I had no idea that would happen! Sadly, there’s no fun music intro this week,…
Wow. That’s what I have to say. From January 1st to January 1st, The Practical Nerd had over 12,000 visitors for exactly 22,000 hits! How cool is that?!? And it gets better: these numbers start in April. There’s no place to go but up! This is why I keep doing this, people. It ain’t about…
If you are on Twitter and not following musician John Mayer, you’re doing it all wrong. Mayer continues to have some of the funniest tweets, but last night he had a beautifully-done series of tweets on how stupid the 2000s decade was as it draws to a close. Here’s a screenshot of the tweets: Now,…
