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27May/080

Are you a fisherman or not?

Do you fish or do you go to the store and buy fishing stuff?
Are you doing something to help the needy or are you watching Extreme Makeover Home edition?
Are you sharing your life and dreams with good friends or are you watching a TV show about some people who do?
Are you writing that novel or are you reading books about writing novels?
Are you a political activist or are you just watching the news?
Are you devoted to your family or are you commuting 20 hours a week?

Your dreams are out there, what are you reading this for? You have work to do. Go on, shoo.

Not sure if you can do it? Roz is sure.

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22May/080

Linus on the origin of Linux

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19May/080

Driving to the office every day?

This post by Seth Godin is worth 30 seconds of your time, and 30 seconds of your bosses time today.

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7May/081

NASCAR vs the Space Program

I went to my first NASCAR race last weekend. It was cool, but I'm not sure I liked it enough to be an avid fan. It seems like a whole lot of time, money, risk and energy to end up where you started.

I was struck by something while I was there. What if we were that enthusiastic about Space exploration? My father's generation (he was born in 1950) witnessed his parents generation spend a huge amount of time, money, risk and energy getting into space, to the moon, and sending spacecraft all over the solar system. All with computers and technology many of us have in our homes today.

Somewhere between my fathers childhood and my children's childhood, the enthusiasm has been replaced completely by other things. NASCAR is cool, but it's about going in a circle REALLY REALLY fast. Sounds an awful lot like our current space program.

What can we do to channel some of that enthusiasm and energy into getting somewhere? Maybe sometime in my lifetime even...

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6May/080