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Need a different banner
So, I’ve decided to stick with the ever cooler K2 default layout. I really like the overall look. K2 has definitly been a cool addition to my WordPress layout. I’m sure it’s been a place of annoyance for many of you.
You’ve seen I’m sure that I’m an addict for tweaking things. I stay up late into the night to add some cool new twist on a site, or elsewhere. I probably should try to do this in moderation.
Anyways, what I’m looking for now is some suggestions for my banner up top. I like the blue currently, but I’d really like to go for something different. Maybe partly blue with a picture from my flickr account on the right, or maybe one of those cartoonized pictures of me, or something else. Any suggestions send them my way.
Congrats to KIPP Academy
About 8 months ago I applied for a job as an office manager at KIPP Academy in Nashville. I had a phone interview with the Principal, and then only employee, of the new school that would be opening in the fall of 2005. Randy Dowell was a really nice guy and the interview went incredibly well, at least I thought so.
A couple weeks later I found out that I did not get the job, nor was I qualified to apply for the other jobs available there. I must say I was really disappointed about it, but I gather myself together and moved on. I hoped to live in the area near the school and maybe help out there, but things worked out differently.
Today I saw that the Nashville Scene had given the honor of Nashvillians of the Year to the teachers and students at KIPP Academy. I wish I could have been a part of the effort and excitement that went in to making that possible. Regardless, I’m extremely excited to see and hear about the students exceling at that school and hopefully really getting a good and solid education.
“I learned my lesson that fighting will not get me nowhere but all locked up or on the streets somewhere,” he continues. “When I started coming to KIPP, Mr. Dowell told me I didn’t need to fight, that it won’t get me nowhere…. I have changed, because I’m getting ready to go to college.” Look for him, sometime in, say, 2014 to be the starting quarterback at Vanderbilt University, where he says he hopes to study.
peddling my shirts on the street?
I’m considering trying to sell my shirts from iamnotashamed.net out of my backpack during the Passion Conference starting January 2nd. I really would like to sell off the rest of my shirts, and I have a good feeling folks would pay $5 a shirt.
I’m not sure if it’s entirely legal to sell my shirts there so we’ll just have to maybe wing it and see how it goes. Maybe I could make some really captivating “tracks” to hand out to folks going to and from the conference. Any wild and crazy ideas?
Some Recent Writings…
So I recently wrote an article for Relevantmagazine.com about Fair Trade. It’s evoked a bit of discussion in the comments section.
Sometime later today another article of mine should be posted concerning New Years Resolutions. What’s exciting about that article is that it was rewritten by one of the Relevant Editors and was featured as the main article on 850 Words of Relevant, Relevant’s Email Newsletter. I’m VERY excited about this as it means thousands of subscribers just had an article with my name on it emailed directly to them. You can’t buy that kind of promotion.
If you’ve come to this site after reading either of those articles, welcome. Please do take a moment and post a comment below, or drop me an email.
[Fair Trade at the Supermarket]
Bigger is better
For those who don’t know I currently have all entries on this website reposted onto a xanga.com account. There are a couple of reasons for this, the main one being that I have a LOT of friends that use Xanga and this makes it much easier for them to read my writings. Second, this does spread the word and hopefully promote what I write a little bit.
Why the “Bigger is Better” title? Cause I saw flock.com’s start page a while back and they had a big font on it and I really liked it. So, today I decided to make my Xanga like that. Let me know what you think.
cop runs over curb
I was driving home and the cop in front of me ran over a curb when he took a right hand turn.
Free icons, but we need to share…
so I came across this cool site called Icon Buffet.
I’ll be honest I’m not even a big icon buff, but royalty free stuff has always excited me. Basically every week or two iconbuffet will give you a .zip file to download with a bunch of icons. They release five different .zip files of icons each time, but the only way you get others is for someone to share them with you.
So I could use a few friends who want to share icons with me. Leave a comment and I’ll send you the icons I’ve already received.
At least one new years resolution.
For my faithful readers. This is my new years resolution for you all to see:
Become a better blogger.
I know there is a big difference between a personal journal type blog (like my xanga is meant to be) and a more professional, thoughtful, and informative blog (like I’d like this to be). Truth is I’m not very good and doing the later and I could use some help. I’m going to make an effort in that direction this next year. Maybe I’ll develop a solid and interested reader base. Maybe not.
For now it’s time to work on another goal, go to bed earlier.
is it worth fixing an ipod?
About 13 months after receiving a free ipod from one of those infamous online sites, my ipod died. Straight up died. The apple warranty conviently for them lasts only 12 months. This means I’m stuck at home with a broken ipod.
I’m waiting for another free ipod (I’ll let you know if it ever comes). Meanwhile, what should I do with my broken ipod? I’ve got two options:
1) Sell it on ebay for about $80 (broken and all)
2) fix it for $100 (and then maybe sell it?)