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Monthly Archives: January 2009

British TV Crime Dramas – Part Two

Monday, January 19, 2009

The list of recommendations begun in Part One of this article continues here. (Please note the warnings for Wire in the Blood.)
Second Sight – The able Clive Owen, capable of pulling off complexly compelling characters, plays Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, a tough cop who’s going blind and trying to hide the fact so he [...]

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Creativity Prompts | 1

Friday, January 16, 2009

What would a happy eight-year-old do at this point?

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This is the first weekly Creativity Prompt, designed to deliver
a perspective-shifting zap to your creative process.
Look for a new one every Friday day.
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The Power of Creativity
Play Anyway

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Oops! Wrong Limb

Thursday, January 15, 2009

“My absolute favorite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.”
~ Douglas Adams

Every unfulfilled wish requires a reach. It’s unfulfilled because it requires a reach. And a reach risks a fall. What’s the [...]

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Book Concepts

Monday, January 12, 2009

Raise your hand if you love books. I raised both hands, to doubly demonstrate my love for books and to remove all doubt that I am, indeed, a teacher-pleasing nerd. So be it, particularly if my book radar continues to locate concepts like these:
Book Towns – I can hardly think of a better way to [...]

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Wishing Like Children

Thursday, January 8, 2009

What did you wish for over the holidays? Did you come up with any resolutions for the New Year? What filters did you put your wants through before they were spoken out loud or written down? Using a reality filter makes sense. We want to want things we have a hope of getting. Stretch the [...]

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