Here’s the latest, just on me, just so your in the know. I like to use the list format on my other blog of personal updates so I’ll do that here:

This week my wife and I bought a house. It’s exciting and overwhelming. I’ve blogged about the decision on here a little bit, but probably not enough for you to know all the reasons we came to this decisions. More on that as time goes on.
We just moved into the new house and as of right now don’t have internet …

I’ll probably be linking to Lisa @ Corporate Babysitter a lot more as I continue to explore the ins and outs of raising my child in this extremely consumeristic world, but until I do, I recommend you check her out for yourself. Here’s a quote to get you started:
Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about the corporate dollars spent on new ways to manipulate my children. In a world of mounting personal debt and limited natural resources, is this akin to offering a kid a lollypop …

Again, no real theme here, just thought this was an interesting video. I’d be curious what your take on it is:

Bonus: Homeless Vehicle Project

I was spurred on to post this because of a recent conversation with my wife. I’ll start by just saying, guys, who are automatically given the upper hand in our current power structures, need to be intentional about relinquishing that authority and opening opportunity for women to be included.
There’s a great post by Heather at Emerging Women that has tips for encouraging women leadership (ht. Mark):
1. Include women’s voices and perspectives from the beginning. Don’t plan the event, outline the book, organize the tour, and THEN try to find a …

I speak to you as a man — a Wampanoag Man. I am a proud man, proud of my ancestry, my accomplishments won by a strict parental direction (“You must succeed – your face is a different color in this small Cape Cod community!”). I am a product of poverty and discrimination from these two social and economic diseases. I, and my brothers and sisters, have painfully overcome, and to some extent we have earned the respect of our community. We are Indians first – but we are termed “good …

I know that last year when I wrote on this topic, some found it depressing. Here are two reasons I will be highlighting some words of Native People’s this week.

Thanksgiving is more or less the only time of year that any attention on a national level is given to the history of this country as it involves Native People. It is the one day that many are evening considering that there where people on this land when the pilgrim’s arrived, and it is one opportunity to prick a hole …

This is a 10 minute video documentary regarding the use of American Indian’s as mascots for sports teams. The documentary is regarding Oklahoma but can be applied to National professional teams and your own states local teams as well.
Something to think about.

Bonus: The closest man has come to actually flying

I figured a brief update of things in my life might be in order since I’ve mentioned these two things on this blog. Here are the updates:
1. The attempt at a Novel is going well. I’m ahead of the curve, currently at just over 30,000 words which is 3/5 of the way to my 50,000 word goal. I’m really enjoying it, but I also realize as I push for quantity there are a lot of things I want to go back and rework. The whole practice has been enjoyable though. …