My Global Mind

Worlds Colliding

2011-04-18T12:28:00.005-06:00

Anyone that follows any amount of Social Media news knows that the new crop of SM evangelists are insisting on total and complete transparency. Direct dialogue with customers via Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube can quickly resolve customer service issues, announce special promotions or offerings, and disseminate breaking news that heretofore would have taken hours, not seconds. There are indeed

The Lost Art of Focusing

2011-01-19T17:52:00.000-07:00

Today there was a power surge at my home, and though all of my computer devices are plugged into surge protectors, my trusty Mac Mini suffered damage. I followed the detail instructions of a hard core geek friend of mine to fix it, but there was no success, so I took it up to a place of repair and now await the verdict. While I want to remain hopeful, it's not in my nature. I think even though

Playing God

2010-11-18T09:40:00.001-07:00

Recently, I found myself in a precarious situation that teetered between benevolence and and dictatorship. I wasn't comfortable in that space. It made me nervous, and I learned that I'm not good at it. My 14 year old is a good kid. He's smart, talented, and currently a smart ass teenager. While I was much less obvious with my rebellion towards my parents, it was mainly because my dad scared

Location, Location, Location

2010-08-19T12:23:00.002-06:00

I'm not sure how I feel about Facebook being my default check in app. Not merely because they have screwed us all with their confusing privacy settings more than once; but because I don't think my friends really care where I am physically. I've been using Brightkite, Foursquare, Gowalla, Check.in, Yelp and a few others for a very long time. Although the ability existed to connect all of these

Steve 4.0

2010-04-30T17:53:00.009-06:00

As I occasionally look back on my life, I recognize different stages of my being. Although the exact moments where I morphed into a newer version of myself are more ambiguous, the over-arching constant during my journey is that I have been happy. At times, that happiness spilled over into being silly and downright obnoxious, to be sure. I was known to develop bonds of friendship quickly, love

Of Science & Faith

2010-04-06T13:35:00.011-06:00

Religion is often dismissed by those that can only believe in what they can prove. To them, faith is nothing more than an intense hope for a desired outcome. They frequently scoff at the idea of a Supreme Being, a Creator. For them, truth is tangible evidence based on flawless science. Lately, I have gloried in the frozen irony of Global Warming enthusiasts. In recent months, they have

No Man's Land

2010-02-09T08:21:00.013-07:00

As I have stated many times before, I am a conservative man. I dislike the left and their veiled attempt at controlling the moral compass of our nation. I believe they care very little about tangible issues like the economy, border security and a strong military, using those topics only to mandate their non-traditional social views about the redistribution of wealth, undocumented workers, and

Sp00L

2010-01-22T09:18:00.015-07:00

Despite the ever-widening political and social polarization going on in America, there is a bright spot I think a lot of us are overlooking. The media in particular is absolutely lost on this revelation. It doesn't matter if you watch FOX or MSNBC, both organizations are stuck in a 50 year old paradigm of left versus right, GOP versus DNC. The bigger, untold story is the return of the American

Go Ahead, Label Me

2009-12-11T10:37:00.007-07:00

I'll admit that before I thought it through, I was a Follow Friday [#FF] abuser on Twitter. I thought it was merely a nice way to throw shout outs to people I followed, and hopefully attract some of their followers to follow me. After a while, even though I could see that mere mentions of people on #FF didn't net me any new followers, I felt obligated to give those shout outs to my real life and

Sunrise, Sunset

2009-11-20T19:44:00.012-07:00

I am a conservative man, and make no apologies for it. I believe the principles upon which our nation was built were [and still are] so sound, deviation from those principles has shown us nothing but angst and turmoil. I see danger for a civilization when the population and their elected officials think they have "outgrown" those principles, claiming we are too sophisticated and open minded for

London

2009-11-04T09:47:00.004-07:00

LONDON(DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton )It was November 4thI last held your handIt seemed our time would last foreverYou said don't ever leaveI thought you'd never goI wish I could just remember your name...You're just a memory nowLike all the ones beforeBut with your pain I've had to sufferYour eyes alight with flameAs the picture burnsI hear the screams from long agoThey cry remember, blood-red streaks

Not the Brightest Bulb

2009-10-08T14:28:00.004-06:00

I used to pity those that settled America in the beginning. Not because of their wars and disease, but because they lacked the comforts and amenities that we have now. Knowing what I know now, I'm not sure I could live without an iPhone, cars, computers, air travel, and indoor plumbing with heating and air conditioning. Those poor saps!At the end of every exhausting day full of manual labor,

Don't MAKE me come back there!

2009-08-28T10:03:00.007-06:00

What kid hasn't been warned by a parent with physical separation from their siblings if they don't knock off the fighting in the back seat of the car or in another room in the house? I myself have been threatened to be left on the side of the road to walk the rest of the way home, or indefinite banishment to a hall closet if I didn't shape up. Well, it's time for me to play the heavy, and it's

Twits in Marketing

2009-07-21T10:46:00.007-06:00

A recent article in Fast Company magazine showed bleak immediate futures for the food industry. It seems with the economy taking a nose-dive, a lot of people are choosing to stay at home during mealtimes, or brown-bag-it to work more often. What the article didn't quite mention is that while people are eating their tuna fish sandwich made from home, they are surfing the internet on their $400

How's That Dialogue Working Out, Mr. President?

2009-06-09T19:05:00.001-06:00

Just four days after Barack Hussein Obama got on his hands and knees pleading with the Islamic world to forgive America for our hedonistic and egocentric sins, he got a response. Arriving loud and clear from an explosion at an upscale western hotel in Pakistan, it wasn't the loving reception he and the naive leftist pacifists expected, I'd imagine.I have long been on record for the lousy job I

More Than a Feeling

2009-01-24T11:16:00.009-07:00

There seems to be a thick cold smog surrounding my days lately. It's more than the annual January inversion in the valley, though that's not helping, either. There's something intangible hanging in the air enabling stress that I can't turn off at the end of the work day, and I don't like it one bit.Maybe it's the 40's doldrums, I don't know. There are so many things for me to be grateful for:

Thanksgiving Proclamation

2008-11-24T17:04:00.005-07:00

"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness

S P E A K !

2008-10-09T18:41:00.005-06:00

Music and Lyrics by Geoff Tate & Michael WiltonThey've given me a missionI don't really know the game yetI'm bent on submissionReligion is to blameI'm the new messiahDeath Angel with a gunDangerous in my silenceDeadly to my causeSpeak to me the pain you feelSpeak the wordThe word is all of usI've given my life to become what I amTo preach the new beginningTo make you understandTo reach some point

ac·count·a·bil·i·ty

2008-09-23T10:29:00.005-06:00

'Cause I'm free, I deserve everything I can get.I'm American! I'm American!Let me first remind you that I was a Parks and Recreations major in college with a minor in Korean. For some strange reason that still escapes me, by getting 25 credit hours of "A" in Korean, Utah State University did not require me to take ANY math. You heard correctly. Just because I can muster a quick "안녕하십니까?" I

STUFF I REALLY DIG

2008-09-08T10:42:00.005-06:00

I am a techie freak. I am not a geek, because geeks know how to create and make stuff we love work. This makes me a FREAK, because while I am quick to try and embrace new stuff, I have no inclinations of trying to create these technologies to which I quickly become addicted.This causes contention in my family because I am always tinkering with new things, products, ideas, etc. My wife accuses

Fragmented

2008-08-28T14:09:00.007-06:00

In a few short hours we'll know who Senator McPain has chosen as his Vice President running mate. Once Mitt Romney bowed out of the primaries, I swore I wouldn't care about the race any longer. Little did I know that I would be sucked back in by the off-chance that Mitt might be named VP.People say that VP picks don't matter. Historically they may be right, but this year is different...at least

If it's Sunday, it was Meet the Press

2008-06-15T21:53:00.005-06:00

Tim set the bar pretty darn high for all of us in our own professions, our lives, and on this Father's Day, as a dad. Rest in peace, Mr. Russert.

Annuale

2008-04-28T17:28:00.002-06:00

One of the funniest things I have seen in some time. Enjoy!

Rounding Up The Wrong Criminals

2008-04-22T08:21:00.010-06:00

The Federal Government says we can't deport millions of illegal aliens in our country. It's heartless, they say: it would rip apart families. Oh the sick irony.I believe the FLDS people [and any other practicing polygamist group] are living contrary to the laws of the land. In my humble opinion, what consenting adults do is no one's business, but where there are allegations of abuse involving

Just will not do

2008-04-19T08:38:00.002-06:00

Just will not do Originally uploaded by qenny This just struck me as funny. You can find more of them at the Song Charts pool on Flickr. Thanks to Taph20Guru for the heads up.