For more cliché deconstruction, pick up your own copy of the book that’s been called “laugh out loud funny” (one of my good reviews) and “like reading the rantings of a 5-year old” (one of my not-so-good reviews).

Your bathroom desperately needs this book.

Available at Amazon in paperback ($9.23) and for Kindle ($4.99).

1. Did you see that the NCAA March Madness Championship game will move from CBS to TBS in 2016! Crazy, right? Starting next year the semi-final games will be be split between the two networks, and by 2016 the Championship game will go back and forth between them. (Full Story on Awful Announcing.)

2. If you’re looking for a worthy cause to back, please consider my friend Kirby’s organization Peace Gospel International. They are looking to partner with monthly donors right now. If you want more info about how they are fighting to turn around child sex trafficking, the orphan crisis, and child labor and slavery, click here. (also, Kirby is an Instagram star. Look at the photos!)

3. Are you going to be watching the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast on Friday? I’ve seen Tripp’s opening monologue script and it’s pretty great. I even suggested a joke or two that might make it in there…we’ll see.

(BTW, amazing things are coming down the pike…pipe?…pike?…for Tripp and Tyler. Five years from now you’ll remember me warning you about this.)

4. Yesterday I took an extra long lunch break to look at golf courses for an upcoming trip to Myrtle Beach. Don’t tell my boss.

5. Finally, happiest 39th birthday wishes to my pastor and good friend, Sam Masteller! 

But enough with the chit chat, let’s get to the news.

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Literally, the first 5 things at the top of my brain…

1. One of my books is free on Kindle this week! You can get Community Wins: 21 Thoughts on Building an Online Tribe for free through Sunday, May 5th. It’s got over 75 5-Star reviews and is guaranteed to help you be better at building a growing and engaged community.

2. I was interviewed by Erik Fisher for the Beyond the To Do List Podcast! He’s had some really great people on the pod already, so I feel like a lightweight on his roster. It was a ton of fun, you should definitely check out what he’s doing with it. Here’s my episode: Episode 30: Bryan Allain.

3. Can you believe it’s already May!!!

4. Working on another humor project that I hope to publish this summer. Will try to be mysterious about it for now.

5. So excited that Tripp and Tyler’s TIMS video is now online. We ran this at the first Killer Tribes Conference, and it might be one of my favorite things they’ve ever done. Enjoy.

(you can click their logos to learn more.)

The Mocha Club

Mobilizing folks to give up a few mochas a month to support strategic and solution-oriented relief and development projects in Africa. Don’t miss what they are doing with their Purpose Projects!

Justin McClure Creative

A full service creative agency specializing in digital and new media technologies. Hands down, the best experience I’ve ever had working with a design firm.

The Seed Company

Devoted to accelerating the translation of the Bible by working with local churches and translators all over the world. If you were at the conference, you heard Amy Lynn Andrews tell an incredibly moving story about the role The Seed Company is playing in her life.

Love and Respect Now

Bringing the message of Love and Respect in relationships to 18-35 year olds. Be on the lookout for their Illumination Project, which launches this Spring. (Fearlessly led by Joy Eggerichs, one of the funniest people I know.)

Haven’t picked up your copy of the audio from the 2013 Conference? Grab it today!

When Brad Lomenick was put on the spot in this interview he forgot about a lot of funny people he knew, but somehow not me. I love it.

(skip to 2:27 mark if you like)

Let’s go, Brad. Me and you vs. Tripp and Tyler all day.

So excited to announce that the audio from the 2013 Killer Tribes Conference is now available!

We launched it yesterday with a great promo deal that the first 100 people to download it using the code 13LAUNCH get it for $22. (That’s 60% off the regular price of $55). We had a good response yesterday, but we haven’t hit 100 yet, so the deal is still on!

The package features over 6 hours of audio, including 7 keynotes and 5 breakout sessions from folks like Crystal Paine, Shawn Smucker, Brad Lomenick, Kristen Howerton, Ben Arment, and more.

Topics covered include becoming the leader of your own free world, setting boundaries for your online presence, making a living as a writer, being productive as a self-employed creative, how to start a movement, and much more.

Click here to grab your copy and take advantage of the launch price, and be sure to use code 13LAUNCH to get 60% off before the deal is gone!

…why not do another one?

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from page 108 of Actually, Clams Are Miserable.

Love and Respect NOW is a company run by my friend Joy Eggerichs. She is passionate about taking the message of Love and Respect in relationships to the 18-35 year old demographic.

One of the things I’m most excited about for them is the upcoming release of their Illumination Project. It’s a six-week study based on a live conversation Joy had with her dad, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, that was filmed in November 2012.

It’s called The Illumination Project because, as Joy says, “I believe when we ask questions and genuinely seek wisdom we often have moments of illumination or ‘light bulb’ moments that help inform our decisions and worldview.”

For more info on the Illumination Project and the other things Love and Respect NOW is up to, check out their site!

PS…Joy is pretty hilarious, too. Here’s a video she did to announce her upcoming book: