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I’m a freakin genius.
In high school I took an art class and we had to design a package and make a commercial for the product.
I designed a box, approximately 6″x6″x6″ with a speaker in the side, a play control and a disk drive to insert the music into and play.
It was called a Digi-Cube.
Now look what Wal-Mart’s selling for $99
DANG!
Granted there’s is a little smaller and I’m sure it uses new USB technology and not 3.5″ disks – but dang. If only I pursued it.
I wonder if Steve Jobs saw my commercial somehow.
I also used to try and sell singles for my band, All Natural on 3.5″ disks. They were in low quality WAV files, before MP3’s were big. And my band thought I was a nut. Granted we only sold 3, but people thought they were cool. I wonder if I can find them somewhere?
Maybe they’re in the stack of disks I found in my office the other day.

Hope I’m not gonna get some fancy lawyer jumping on me for using this cartoon. But it’s funny that it came to me today in e-mail. It goes along with several things I’ve been thinking about and learning recently.
And this cartoon made me think, am I a slave to the routine – and if so – is that a bad or good thing.
I’ve told numerous people that I’ve gotten into a morning routine each day in my new office.
I walk in, turn off the alarm, turn on the lights, open my curtains/blinds, start my coffee, fill my water jug, read my devotional, pray, scan the Killeen paper, check e-mail and voice mail and begin my day.
I’ve found that a similar routine every day gets me going on the right foot.
And those days I miss my routine, I get flustered later on.
But what if everytime I went to sell a new ad to someone I used the same old routine? “Hi. Wanna buy an ad? Ok great – talk to you later.” That’s not going to sell anybody. I have to adjust to every situation. I think that’s why the CWF is so successful. It’s not routine. It’s different and it catches your eye. People can get their news anywhere – we have to find a way to set ourselves apart. We can’t be part of the same ole’ routine.
We’ve been calling our new focus in the office a regime change.
The old is out, the new is in. Sure there’s reminants of the old regime. Things that need to be worked on and fixed – but a new day has dawned and we’re moving forward.
On the spirtual side of things, David writes, “He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
God doesn’t reform, he restores. He doesn’t camouflage, He restores. He restores the vigor. He restores the energy. He restores the hope and restores the soul.
And we need that restoration, because nothing on this earth will satisfy us fully. “We brought nothing into the world so we can take nothing out. But, if we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with that.”
We long to see God. And that longing leaves us searching for more, but we won’t find it in anything here on earth.
And God is so big, He’ll lead us, restore us, and protect us along our entire journey.

The status quo is no mo

For our paper to be successful in Harker Heights, we’ve come to realize that you can’t do business as usual.
And so our new motto is The Status Quo is No Mo.

So I’ve been thinking this weekend about the direction of The Harker Heights Evening Star.
And despite being told “You’re running a shopper, not a newspaper,” I disagree with that and my goal is to give it my all while I’m here and make this the best it can be.
So in an effort to have a new mission/commitment statement I’m thinking along the lines of – “Status Quo is No More” or “The Status Quo is Dead.”
Something to that effect.
What do you think? What would a newspaper look like if it wasn’t status quo?
I have images of USA Today and The Morning News.
How would that translate to a weekly paper?

After a yr in my house i finally organized and cleaned my home office