The sad state of American politics.

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In baseball, numbers matter.  Hank Aaron’s home runs.  Pete Rose’s hits.  Ted Williams’ batting average in 1941, when he was the last player to hit above .400.  Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak.  Cy Young’s wins.  Babe Ruth’s home runs (since eclipsed by Aaron).  Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games streak (since eclipsed by Ripken, whose streak ended at […]

Seth Godin writes about the environment:
As a marketer, my best advice is this: let’s figure out how to turn this into a battle to do more, not less. Example one: require all new cars to have, right next to the speedometer, a mileage meter. And put the same number on an LCD display on the […]

Tadd from Pine Ridge Church says, “it was amazing to hear just how much other pastors in this town really don’t like me or our church.”  My boy Atkins goes all 300 on the critics and writes, “So send your arrows of criticism and may they be so numerous that they blot out the sun.   […]

I love ballpark promotions - fireworks night, free hat night, autographed team picture night, toilet paper night.
Yep. TP Night with the Charlotte Knights and Sheryl Crow.
The Charlotte Knights are taking a stand with singer Sheryl Crow in helping the environment by “wiping out” unnecessary toilet paper (TP) usage. The Grammy-award-winning singer wrote recently on […]

Made the mistake of going to the grocery store on my way to work this morning, and they were playing this.  It’s been in my head all morning.

Thought I’d pass it along.

Cam, Kier, and Raegs were stuck with me on Mother’s Day, with no feminine influence in sight. Gretch & Caed are in Atlanta visiting a friend (pseudo-daughter Lindsey) this weekend, and both grandmas (Baute and Broekhuizen) are home in Indiana. The kids miss the fairer sex so much I gave thought to shipping […]