Fantastic Ad- What happens when you work too much...

This is a great ad for some kind of juice- it comes from either China or Thailand; there are a bunch of videos claiming it, and I frankly didn't want to do the research! Enjoy:

The surprising truth about what motivates us

While we wonder If we're working too hard, sometimes we oughtta look at WHY we're working...
I love this version of the talk, but you can also find a similar one on TED.COM:



YouTube - RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

Workaholics Anonymous

I think this is a great and creative video, and was thinking about using it as a recruitment video.
There are so many people out there who really do work too damn hard, and they don't even see it.
Kudos to the people who filmed this!

Well, I survived "The Marriage Ref"

I was pretty terrified on Thursday night, because we had taped "The Marriage Ref" a few weeks ago, and I was worried that they were going to cut it so I looked like the worst male chauvanist scumbag.

Well, they didn't do that however:

The entire section was about whether or not I was GAY!!

See for yourself (we're the second couple):



See what I mean? Well, a bunch of friends saw it (I AM a shameless self-promoter), and everyone said I held my own, which was quite a relief. The next day I got a ton of facebook messages and posts, mostly jokes that were "I-didn't-know-you-were-gay" themed. I was also on a couple of blogs:

http://spanengrish.blogspot.com/2010/05/marriage-ref-thank-you-gwen.html

http://celebgalz.com/greg-giraldo-greg-giraldo-gay-jokes-on-bones-rodriguez-photo-video/

(Yes, one is titled "Gay Jokes on Bones Rodriguez"... great.)

In the midst of all of this, I've been looking at a new business, and I pulled the trigger and opened up shop-
STAY TUNED for the announcement on that!

Well, I survived "The Marriage Ref"

I was pretty terrified on Thursday night, because we had taped "The Marriage Ref" a few weeks ago, and I was worried that they were going to cut it so I looked like the worst male chauvanist scumbag.

Well, they didn't do that however:

The entire section was about whether or not I was GAY!!

See for yourself (we're the second couple):



See what I mean? Well, a bunch of friends saw it (I AM a shameless self-promoter), and everyone said I held my own, which was quite a relief. The next day I got a ton of facebook messages and posts, mostly jokes that were "I-didn't-know-you-were-gay" themed. I was also on a couple of blogs:

http://spanengrish.blogspot.com/2010/05/marriage-ref-thank-you-gwen.html

http://celebgalz.com/greg-giraldo-greg-giraldo-gay-jokes-on-bones-rodriguez-photo-video/

(Yes, one is titled "Gay Jokes on Bones Rodriguez"... great.)

In the midst of all of this, I've been looking at a new business, and I pulled the trigger and opened up shop-
STAY TUNED for the announcement on that!

How to Start a Movement

Derek Sivers ends this obvious lesson with a twist that I hadn't thought of:

Fair Trade Coffee from HUB

Fair Trade Coffee creates FREEDOM for farmers in other parts of the world;
that's why I'm helping:



CLICK HERE TO HELP THE FARMERS