DePauw newspaper article

A piece I wrote about the town bartenders for class that became the feature for The DePauw not too long ago.

http://www.thedepauw.com/features/ben-goes-left-greg-goes-right-1.1992362

Pat Pempy, best selling author of Happiness Happens, shares some tips to pick yourself up when life gets you down

"Be sure to compliment 45 people every day.  I like to keep a list of compliments in my pocket, and pull it out and pick one when I see a stranger and have the time."

"Do my prayer dance every morning before the sun comes up (instructions can be found in my book!)"

"Film yourself while working hard on something, then when you are finished, watch the film so you can see first hand how productive you can be"

"Call a friend, and tell him or her that you had a dream about them the night before, and that it was the most fantastic and magical dream you ever had, then invite them to your house for some blueberries"

"Take some time to make a list of all your favorite colors."

"Spend at least two minutes a day by yourself, and think about your favorite colors"

"Make yourself laugh at least three times a day (I find tickling my self to be the best method)"

"Think of a pet that you have always wanted, then make a list of all the possible names you could give it.  Do this once a week."

"Draw a picture of a tree and give it to a friend or co-worker"

"Make a list of all the everyday objects you can think of that you are thankful for, then say 'thank you' every time you see any of those objects throughout the day"

"Think of someting positive (I like to think of a plus sign)"

Afternoon Delight

One of my professors did this to me after I asked if I could get an extension on a paper

The Cage Matrix

Hats off to theshiznit.co.uk for creating this epic visual.

Ken's sensational new album

Critics are raving about By Request Only

"An honest load of emotional justice" - Heart Magazine

"Ken is fire" - The Weekly Hum

Tracks include:

1. Stop yelling

2. 9AM and single

3. Look under my rug

4. Don't touch my businessman

5. Sad puppets

6. Get out of the garbage can

7. Uncle

8. Blame it on the dogs

9. I've got the camera now

10. Yawn and squat

11. Pushing in the bushes

12. Don't move

13. Angry in the Shower

14. Clever moan

15. China Surprise

16. Hunger in the dark

17. Face cake

18. Only in my pocket

19. Chunky Chair

20. Finding my whistle

21. Scary horse

22. Peanut butter yum-yum

23. Backpack full of secrets

24. Guilt cream

25. Teardrop on your carpet

26. My first handshake

27. A fist full of hair

28. I'll dream about you if I want to

29. Home for Halloween

30. Puddle of happiness
31. Open up the Tinkle box
32. Let's make some plastic

and MORE!

This week's edition of "Tumdrop's Trunk"

What did Mr. Tumdrop have in the trunk of his car this week?  Give up?  This week Mr. Tumdrop had:

1. Night vision goggles

2. A prosthetic leg.

and 3. A handful of perscription pills!

 

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Bird.

Chattin' with Billy.

"Do not worry about the future, for the future does not exist.  Do not worry about the past, for it lies dead.  As long as your consciousness is suspended in the infinite well of the present moment, the core of what you may call god, or the supreme force, will be recognized within you." - Billy

Look Around You: Maths.

I can't recommend this series highly enough.

Farm Yoga.

I tried following along to this but it gets a little confusing.

Follow along.

This is a mom.

This is some hair

This is a cut.

And this, is a mom hair-cut.

Al Gore's Twitter Activity

- I just ate breakfast. 8:00am
- I am wearing a suit. 9:00am
- I don't have any pencils right now.  Only pens.  10:00am
- I am at Office Max, about to buy some pencils.  10:20am
- I just bought some pencils. 10:25am
- I am on the phone with my publicist.  11:20am
- I am almost done with my phonecall with my publicist, about to hang up.  11:30am
- I just got off the phone with my publicist.  11:30am
- If I had a dog I would give someone else the job of naming it.  11:31am
- The traffic and weather reports look okay.  12:00pm
- I am eating lunch right now with an important investor.  12:30pm
- The investor needs some more convincing to invest in my project.  12:40pm
- The investor wants to inject less money than I am asking for.  12:40pm
- I am trying to negotiate but he still does not want to give me as much as I would like.  12:45pm
- The investor wants me to put my Blackberry away.  12:48pm
- The waiter is bringing us dessert menus.  12:49pm
- The investor keeps waving his hand in front of my face and snapping his fingers while I'm trying to type this.  1:00pm
- Enjoying the vanilla ice cream I ordered.  1:05pm
- No offers from the investor.  Not sure what went wrong.  1:15pm
- I turned the temperature down from 70 degrees to 68 degrees in my office.  3:00pm
- Checking my emails.  About to go home.  6:00pm
- Driving home right now.  It is raining and traffic is not good.  The reports were wrong.  6:20pm
- Watching C-SPAN with my wife.  She said she wants to make love.  I told her we can do that after C-SPAN is over.  7:00pm
- About to make love to my wife.  9:10pm
- Making love to my wife.  9:45pm
- The traffic and weather reports look okay for tomorrow.  I hope they're right this time.  9:46pm
- My wife is making peculiar noises.  I need to find a new investor for my project.  9:48pm
- My wife is sweaty.  I should probably turn the heat down from 70 degrees to 68 degrees.   10:00pm
- I am in the shower.  The directions on the shampoo bottle say to "wash, rinse, and repeat."  10:05pm
- Washing.  10:06am
- Rinsing.  10:07pm
- Repeating.  10:08pm
- Going to sleep now.  10:20pm
- I am sleeping.  10:30pm

I allowed the kids to stay up late for this one.

Julian Assange's Letter to Santa

Dear Santa,

I am a Christmas man, but your questionable behavior is not out of Wikileak's jurisdiction.  What goes on in your workshop behind closed doors?  And are you really the super-power you claim to be? 

I flew my henchmen out to the North Pole to find some answers.  They found no evidence of your operation.  What are you hiding?

It's a lose/lose situation for you Santa.  Under the magnifying glass we may uncover that these "elves" you use are just hundreds of orphaned children working in the most successful sweatshop in history.  Or maybe there is no "Santa's workshop" at all, and you're just another obese fraud spinning a web of lies with America's corporate giants.

So let's make a deal.  Wikileaks will cease the attempt of exposing your disturbing truths if, no later than Christmas morning, I find the following under my tree:
- Night-vision goggles
- The entire series of LOST on DVD
- A North Face hard shell ski jacket
- Dr. Dre's "Beats" headphones.

If you decide to put me on your naughty list, don't say I didn't warn you.

Sincerely,

Julian Assange

For some reason whenever I watch the Lakers I think of these guys

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at 2:40 the most dangerous bully defense move ever is revealed

This week's edition of Under Tumdrop's Bed

Can you guess what Mr. Tumdrop had under his bed this week?

This week it was: a robot, a bacon-cake, and a woman's belt!

 

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DePauw University's brilliant young minds at work.