To see a video of my sister’s daughter Hannah, click here.

My sister created a nice slideshow of her daughter, Hannah, here. She also asks the unanswerable quesions here.

My sister has begun to write about the loss of her daughter here. She is a wonderful and powerful writer; I hope you spend a few minutes in her story.

I added a chat room to my narrowridge.com website. Drop in here. I’m in front of the computer most days and in the evenings around 9:30 to 10:30pm Minnesota time.

This is a site that scans your blog and generates a wordcloud based on the frequency of your entries. Pretty cool.

I’ve been remiss in posting much because I’m engrossed in the World Cup. Italy’s frustrating yet successful performance yesterday, the ref’s ruining the games, Beckham bending it to give England the win. ESPN360.com broadcasts the games for free online, so my productivity at work must have…

We need good teachers. I’ve had a few. We need teachers who will challenge our beliefs, who will not only agree with what we believe, but also call us in new directions. A few of my teachers:

Brett.
Brett is a modern-day mystic. In many ways, I am not. Rather, I tend to be a mystic in the company of…

This weekend I’m helping a couple of guys with the 48 Hour Film Project. We have from 7pm tonight until 7pm on Sunday night to script, shoot and edit a 4 to 7 minute film. I’ll help with the writing and the shooting; we have access to one of the television stations as well as the Metrodome (and possibly…

My brother-in-law, Jim, wrote a beautiful father’s day letter to his daughters here.

Seattle, Colorado Springs, and Minneapolis, cities in which I lived, are ranked in the top ten of America’s smartest cities. Coincidence? I think not. (Los Angeles, where my brother lives, ranked 42nd. Coincidence? I think not.)

It’s hard to write about the ordinary when I keep reading the extraordinary over at my sister’s blog. Read her two latest entries here and here.

Many of the 48 Hour Film Project films from previous years — some good, some not-so-good — can be seen here.

I stumbled across this website recently. “A weekly dose of inspiration to be creative, try new techniques and explore new mediums. We challenge all artists to get out their art supplies, experiment and CREATE!”