With all the various projects and work stuff clamoring to get done, I’m starting to feel like the proverbial bouncing ball.
Boing! Talk to this client. Boing! Get that paperwork done! Boing! Add this idea to the to-do list. Boing! Research that article and get quotes. Boing! Meet this deadline. Boing! Boing! Boing!
In the course of all my boing-ing around, I’ve run across some items I thought you might find interesting. For your enjoyment, in no particular order:
Suzanne Clothier, one of the best dog trainers in the country, and certainly one of the most original thinkers in the dog world, has started a blog. If you like your dog news served up in a funny, erudite style, go have a look. You’ll be glad you did.
If you have a daughter, you should have her watch this. (Thanks to Holly over at DogsNHorses for the find.)
Another great source for excellent dog training tips via numerous free articles and videos is Ian Dunbar’s DogSTAR site.
If you’re interested in creativity and the plight of education, have a listen to this talk by Sir Ken Robinson. He makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. It’ll be the best 20 minutes you’ll spend all week. I promise.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtYAnd while I’m at it, if you like listening to leading edge thinkers, you’ll really enjoy the speakers who participated in the TED Conference.
Have fun!
As well, if you’ve come across any treasures in your web travels, please share.
I’m now addicted to http://www.ted.com! I can’t thank you enough.
Isn’t that Dove video wild!? Certainly does make you think twice about a lot of the garbage we all swallow and how it affects our self image.
Oh my……buttermilk garlic mashed potatoes, made with love and a perfect potato masher. The love is in the details….
Also, spot on about the phony beauty stuff! I lived in Hollywood for 25 years….twenty five years too long.
All is well now…..BTW, mashed potatoes are beauty food for the soul!
I have a masher like that, I alternate between it and a food mill when making mashed potatoes.
Thank you for the linky love! I watched the Sir Robinson vid and liked it well enough to both add it to my blog and to send it in a family email since 2 of my sisters and sister in law are immersed in education. I thought it was fascinating and thought provoking.
I have also added Suzanne Clothier to my blog roll.
I thought the Dove commercial was also a peek into what real life verses commercialism shows us. I have tried very hard to raise both my son and my two girls to believe they are smart, good looking and accomplished. They need to believe in themselves, they need to know they don’t have to depend on how they look to be successful. They need to make their priorities something that isn’t as transient or as superficial as how they look.