Don The Idea Guy

Hey Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter… sa-WING Batter-Batter, sa-WING! No penguins were harmed during the production of today’s blog. It’s a frosty, snow-covered and frozen Friday in Columbus today. I thought the weather made today’s link especially appropriate. Smack the Pingu! Send me an email if you crack the 600 ft. mark — I get close, but can’t break […]

SOUND and VISION Links Y’know… those links right above this entry. In case you haven’t guessed, the Sound link tells you what I’ve been listening to in my CD player lately, and the Vision link recommends a book I’m currently reading. Both links take you to Amazon for full details on either item. One note […]

The “Big DUH!” Award of the week! Genius… Pure Genius. Yeah… um… a lot of folks in the midwest had several inches of snowed dumped on them these past few days. Apparently it’s been awhile, and several citizens have forgotten the correct way to extricate themselves from a snowbank. This is not it.

O Captain! My Captain! First Jim Henson, then Mr. Rogers, now Bob Keeshan The people who helped to shape my (and thousands of other) young creative minds are slowly dwindling away. Today we lost Captain Kangaroo himself, Bob Keeshan. How sad… TV’s Captain Kangaroo Dies at 76 Who will take up their quest? Who is […]

A Pete Rose By Any Other Name… Suggestions for Rose’s Hall of fame plaque. Some are funny, most are true, all of them are here.

Creativity Self Assessment Scan Take 10 Minutes to Test Yourself I’m a firm believer that the results of any test can vary with the time of day, mood of the test-taker, and even the color of clothing they chose to wear that day — but this self-test from the CREAX website is still a bit […]

Creative Construction Fun sites to exercise your creative inclinations I ran across these fun-but-time-siphoning-sites within the past few weeks and thought I’d share them with you. I don’t want to be the only one playing instead of working on the stuff they’re SUPPOSED to be working on… Inspired by Chaucer? Want to create your own […]