Archive for April, 2009
2009
Pressing Pause
Sooooo….I didn’t make my Book Deadline this weekend.
But I’m CLOSE!
So until I can get my chapters in, I’m pressing PAUSE on Nuvement.
I hate to have to do that, but if my Artificial Deadlines don’t have Real Consequences, it’ll never get done.
In the meantime :: If you are of the Praying Persuasion - I will take any and all of that.
Hope to be back up here ASAP!
See you on the other side…
2009
The Winner of Funky Friday is…Rev Kev!
There were a LOT of great entries this week.
But there can only be ONE winner, and that winner is REV KEV with this MJ (J5) Masterpiece
His reasons are as powerful as they are concise:
- Don’t blame it on the sunshine.
- Don’t blame it on the moonlight.
- Don’t blame it on the good times.
- Just blame it on the boogie.
Well Done Rev.
Coaches Award this week goes to my man Gunnard for this Gem
Well Chosen, Gunnard. A personal Fave. JT owes MJ his career.
Thanks to all who played this week.
The Gloved One is in a Hot Air Balloon right now…over your house…wearing a surgical mask…smiling.
2009
White Girl Can Jump
Our 10 month old daughter Gigi (aka - The Chunky Diva) has more energy than 10 x 10 year old boys.
We put this together to show you what we mean.
I KNOW…it looks very “America’s Funniest Home Video circa 1988″. I happen to be a fan of that style! enjoy.
2009
Funky Friday :: Greatest Michael Jackson Song EVER!
This week for Funky Friday we’re looking for the Greatest Michael Jackson Song Ever…AND…WHY!
- You pick the Video // You write your Reason in 1oo words of less.
- We Vote.
- We announce a Winner on Friday.
- You Win 10 acres of Neverland Ranch!
Still Confused?
Funky
Not Funky
although…the hair is RATHER funky. Very Lando Calrissian!
Got it // Cool // Post Up!
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2009
Cover Bands Don’t Change The World
The image above is taken from a local coffee shop here in Atlanta, OCTANE.
Their smug tag-line brilliantly captures the tension of ANYONE attempting to do ANYTHING New, Creative, or Important :: If you can not Stand Out, if you are not Unique, you will be Irrelevant and ultimately Invisible.
We all know this, but often forget it when it comes to our blogs, bands, videos, design, and churches. There is a tempting tepid acceptance found in the middle. Everyone likes the middle. Everyone lives in the middle. Everything looks like Everything else in the middle . And Everything pretty much stays the same. That’s why the Middle changes nothing.
It’s those who are willing to Try, to Risk, to Put it all Out There, and ultimately to FAIL that eventually change things. Todd Henry says it best, “Cover Bands Don’t Change The World”. He’s right. Being the first to Copy doesn’t make me original or unique…it just makes me first to copy.
I want to CREATE DOTS, not just CONNECT THEM! To stand out, to risk everything, to fail boldly, and to CONTRIBUTE something fresh, new, stimulating, challenging…something UNLIKE anything else I can find in the middle.
YOUR TURN :: What in your life exists OUTSIDE the MIDDLE?