I Dare You to Read This
I don’t post business or website ideas on this blog as often as I used to, but I’m in the mood to do that today.
Today, for some odd reason, I was thinking about dares. I’m the guy in Truth or Dare who will always accept truth over dare…I’ll tell you anything. Really. But dare me [...]
The Great Flying Machine of 1989
As a birthday treat, I asked my brother and sister (to be pictured tomorrow with my brother’s post) to roast me on this blog. I knew their words would make me laugh, but I didn’t expect they’d move me the way they did. Thanks, Emily and Andrew. You’re the best.
Jamey has always had a knack [...]
The Solution
I have a solution to three of the biggest problems facing America today. I’ve shared this idea with several people, and 100% of them agree that it’s an idea.
The three biggest problems I’m talking about:
Obesity
Energy
Unemployment
The solution will require some government spending, but it could be done with private capital as well. Basically, you install stationary [...]
2018 Winter Olympics: Antarctica
The basic premise of this entry: How cool would it be to have the winter Olympics in Antarctica?
It would be, hands down, the most visually fascinating Olympics of all time.
Integrating the infrastructure into the ice and snow would unite creative and engineering minds around the world and would leave Antarctica with facilities that it could [...]
Magic Wands for Everyone
Back in my day, we had laser tag. Then came paintball. Now there’s MagiQuest.
Haven’t heard of MagiQuest? Neither had I until I read an article about it in Wired this month. The basic concept: give a bunch of kids “magic” wands embedded with infrared sensors and send them on a “magical” quest (hence the name–get it? [...]
The Ball Room
You’re going to get in fights with your significant other.
Not physical fights, mind you (at least, I sure hope not). But arguments, disagreements that escalate to the point that verbal jabs are just as hurtful as physical ones.
That’s not to say that arguments need to build to that level. In all the big fights I’ve [...]
What Do Students Keep?
Freshmen move-in at Wash U was today. My organization had a table on campus in the midst of all the students, and so as we planned for this day, we were faced with the challenge of distributing relevant materials in the form of something they wouldn’t promptly throw away.
When I was a student, I remember [...]
Metrics and Rankings
I think that’s one of the more boring subject headers I’ve used for this blog. Honestly, though, I love metrics. I love objective measurements and rankings and ratings.
Today I was part of a conversation at work that involved a company that’s working metrics for ranking Newman Centers (Catholic centers on secular campuses) across the country. [...]
The Most Romantic Cinematic Date Scenes
I’m thinking about embarking on a new project that I will divulge in the near future…but for now, I need your help. When you think of the most romantic, iconic date scenes in movies, what scenes do you think of? I’m looking for specific dates. Some I could see as being in a gray area, [...]
Doglist
When my girlfriend recently visited me for a long weekend, she had to kennel her dog, which cost her over $200. That’s like four meals at Iron Barley (I’m hoping if I namedrop that restaurant enough, they’ll give me free stuff).
This got me thinking: Why isn’t there a craigslist-type service that connects dog owners with [...]
Three's a Crowd
Okay, I had an idea the other day that needs brainstorming. The concept is a restaurant called “Three’s Company.” It’s a restaurant for couples. No table seats more than two people. The menu is built around meals for couples. The ambiance is romantic. And so on.
Obviously I haven’t taken this idea much beyond the basic [...]
TED
Does anyone else watch TED talks? I’ve determined they’re the perfect form of entertainment during lunch when no one else is in the office. I feel smarter after watching them.
TED is an organization that hosts conferences based on the premise that there are brilliant people out there with “ideas worth spreading” (no, I have yet [...]
Random Restaurant Ideas
A friend of mine is thinking about starting a restaurant. If he goes through with it, I’m sure I’ll be posting about it in the future. Sharing in his excitement has made me look back on some of the restaurant ideas I’ve had over the years–some of these are concepts, parts of restaurants, while others [...]
Alert! This Game Is Awesome
The other day I randomly checked my TweetDeck cloud, which shows me the words that are being tweeted the most that moment in the Twitterverse (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little at the overuse of Twitter-related words in that sentence…why are these words in my vocabulary?).
Among the words in the [...]