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Man mistakes urinal and urinal cake for sink and soap
If you’re going to make a mistake, don’t make it on video. I have to wonder why he never stopped to look for the faucets. I admit I felt sorry for him - mostly because now his face will become famous and he’ll be known as the guy who washed his hands in a urinal.
So why is this worthy of a post? Because of the power of visuals. We are so conditioned to visual cues - ie. a trough and “cakes” …
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I don’t support many causes and the ones I do think are worth supporting are truly universal. Emily Fitchpatrick’s is one of those causes. I met Emily online shortly after she left Billy Graham’s ministry to start her own - rescuing children from the sex trade all over the world. She was looking for a freelance graphics person. I was looking for work. And we found each other on elance.com. I learned a lot from Emily. It was humbling and sobering and shocking.
I learned that the average age of a …
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I’m working on some research for a client about radicalization and terrorists, but in reading the work so many people have done on the subject I realized how radicalization is NOT just about suicide bombers and war protesters and terrorists. It’s about the human race. It’s about how we respond and react and act in our world.
For the record, a definition of Radicalization:
Radicalization Definition:
1. change fundamentally: to undergo fundamental change, or introduce sweeping change in something
2. make or become politically radical: to adopt politically radical views, or cause somebody …
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I noticed that people are quick to point out how “ahead of their time” so many visionaries were. They cite Edison, and Einstein, and Churchill and we all fall all over ourselves wondering where they found their insights. Yet, from time to time someone will come along and point out that even the greats and leaders in their field thought their ideas wouldn’t fly. Those foolish enough to remark on failure publicly are doomed to hear their words haunt them for eternity when the “foolishness” or “fad” becomes a social …
