5 dangerous things you should let your kids do...

I gotta say, I believe that we've gone too far... we don't let our kids do anything, we sanitize everything... we don't let our kids be, um, kids.

Okay, by "we" I'm referring to society at large, not necessarily some of you reading this right now. Anyway, if you have 10 minutes, watch this video for some very good and interesting points that the speaker, Gever Tulley, makes.



Have a great day everyone!

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Amazing. Simply amazing.

Okay, so this may seem silly but I joined a website called TED.com because it had some really good talks that were available for free on-line. (okay, that's not what should seem silly to you... keep reading) When I was signing up I was presented with the usual "terms or use" and "privacy policy" links and I thought, "If these people are as smart as they seem, I wonder if they've figured out a way to present those two policies in a simple format that is easy for people around the globe to understand?"

So I click on the links.

Check.this.out.

Terms of Use

* 1. This website is provided as a public service to promote the spread of good ideas. It welcomes anyone willing to join us in this pursuit.

* 2. You are encouraged to view as many talks as you wish for free, and to share what you learn with others both online and offline.

* 3. Anyone can join TED.com by providing basic contact information (name, email address, country of residence). Once registered, please feel free to set up a profile and add comments and ratings to talks.

* 4. TED is seeking to foster a grown-up conversation about ideas that matter. Please engage in a reasoned exchange of ideas, avoiding flaming, name-calling, obscenities and insults. Humor, of course, is welcome. ;-)

* 5. Please respect our members' requests. Do not pester them, game them or spam them in any way.

* 6. Please respect the law. Do not post copyrighted material (unless you own the copyright) or attempt to engage in illegal behavior of any sort.

* 7. TED reserves the right to remove any comments or content from the site, for any reason and without prior warning.

* 8. If you violate these terms, or otherwise act disrespectfully, disruptively or illegally on TED.com, we reserve the right to terminate your membership, at any time, and without prior warning.

* 9. Please help spread TED.

* 10. Thank you. And now, please enjoy.

I know, right? It's about time!

And how's this for a privacy policy:

Privacy Policy

* 1. We respect your privacy.

* 2. We want to encourage connection between TED members, but not if it violates the above principle.

* 3. We will never sell your data to any third party.

* 4. We will never provide any of your data to a third party without your written permission.

* 5. We will ensure that you can determine which pieces of the information you provide us are shown to other people (in your member profile or other parts of TED.com).

* 6. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any financial information you provide us, including credit card numbers, is stored securely.

* 7. We ask you to respect the privacy preferences of other TED members.

* 8. We ask you to remember that any information you choose to post publicly (comments, photos, videos) on this site is, of course, public.

* 9. If you have any concern about privacy violations, please contact us.

I know, it's a thing of beauty, isn't it?

Anyway, check out their site and have a listen to and watch the talks on many different topics. I think there's something for everyone on there.

Gotta run.

Have a GREAT day everyone!

g.

A bumper sticker for GeWilli

I was doing my drive home last night and for a while I was behind a car that had a bumper sticker that made me think of GeWilli... it said:

TV SUCKS!
Get out and RIDE you BIKE

I need some Rupert Holmes, STAT!

So you just *need* to hear Rupert Holmes sing Escape (the Pina Colada song) and you don't have the mp3 on your iPod or laptop?

Problem solved... surf over to songerize.com , enter Escape (or Pina Colada) in the song name box and Rupert Holmes in the artist box, click play and crank it up!



Cool site for gettin' that musical fix just when you need it.

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Got 20 minutes?

Here's something I think you should take the time to watch:





It's very well done and I think it communicates the message in terms that my kids can understand. I'm gonna show it to them and see what they have to say.