Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my blog. Wow. I fully expected my third post to be “Forget it. Blogging is stupid. Just follow me on Twitter.”
Anyhow, my blog continues. To mark this not-at-all-historic 1 year anniversary, I thought I would write a note to 2010 Josh on why blogging is worth his time.
I spent the majority of last week at a conference in Phoenix. “But, Josh, why didn’t you post about the conference while you were in Phoenix?” Answer: because the post “sitting at a conference in Phoenix learning about stuff” can be translated “I am away from my house. Please try to rob me now.” Anyhow, I did learn lots of cool stuff. I thought you might benefit from some of the information; so, here are 4 points to ponder this week: 1. Quote: “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” 2. Ken Dychtwald gave a great speech. Here are a couple highlights: Quote regarding longer life expectancies: “2/3 of people who have ever lived beyond the age of 65 are alive today.” Wow. Quote regarding the growing influence of women: “73% of high school valedictorians in 2010 were girls.” Quote regarding the changing view of retirement: “80% of baby boomers plan on working (part time or otherwise) during retirement.” 3. Sky Mall is awesome.
Apparently today is the day! (at least according to some guy who thinks he’s better at math and prophecy than Jesus) Anyhow, let’s say he’s right. I’m not sure what the proper protocol is for a rapture. It sounds kind of boring to go out all solemn and pious; so, I came up with 5 cool ways to leave the planet….just in case you need some ideas.
It doesn’t show up well in the picture; but, you are looking at a nice little bruise just below my 5y/o’s eye. How did she get that bruise? Glad you asked.
Recently, I overheard the following statistic: 65% of AISD students are receiving free or reduced price meals (i.e. 65% of Amarillo ISD students cannot afford to pay for lunch at these prices). WOW. I called AISD to fact-check (yep, I’m that guy). AISD informed me that the number was probably somewhere around 60%. So, being the nerd that I am, I decided to compare this number with some other cities to see if Amarillo is out of whack somehow. Lubbock: around 62%. Abilene: around 79%. Tyler: a little over 60%.
It’s been awhile since I’ve told a kid story. So, here are 2:
1. Snail Toots: I came home one day and my kids were playing outside with some snails. They had set up a nice little upscale snail community. I noticed that one of the snails had been separated from the rest of the community.
You may have noticed a couple girly little badges that now show up on the left side of the page. They look kind of like this:
Josh is a fan of God, his wife, his 6 kids, business, finance, politics, spreadsheets, and Dr. Pepper. This blog is a lot like following him on Twitter (@joshwoodtx); but, it will take up way more of your valuable time.
