Drawings from my past keep showing up on Facebook. It's a little surprising for me to see some of the pictures I had done years ago. In my memory, I've always drawn pretty much the same as I do now. Such is not the case though; I've improved over the years. Progress happens so slow [...]

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." -- Isaac Newton Basing an education on experimentation alone at the expense of collaboration and reading is like nipping at the heels of a giant rather than standing on his shoulders. The 10,000 hours required to become an expert [...]

Many times we throw insults around without knowing what we're saying. For instance, I was surprised to read in a book, Public Education in America that many insulting words are actually intended to be scientific measurements of intelligence. In the book mentioned, I found the following chart: LEVEL.................IQ INTERVAL Idiot............................. 0-25 Imbecile........................25-50 Moron...........................50-70 Borderline.....................70-80 Low [...]

Here is another one Turner colored. I've officially been in this business long enough to watch both of the colorists get better than me at coloring. Rather than feeling envy, I find it exciting. When Kyle and Turner started working at OO-RAH.com I was doing the teaching; now I am the student.

I was just made aware of another self-educated American that has piqued my interest. Madam C. J. Walker is credited with being the first woman to become a self-made millionaire. (link) Becoming a millionaire is an incredible accomplishment for anyone, but especially so for a black woman in the early 1900s. She must have been [...]

Consider this quote from "Public Education in America:" Education is faced with challenging issues and problems. Five major areas merit careful attention: 1. Problems of state-church relationships 2. Professional negotiations and collective bargaining 3. School desegregation 4. Education of the culturally disadvantaged 5. Dropouts This list was published in 1966. Is progress inherently slow? Are [...]

When I learned about Malcolm Gladwell's new book, Outliers, I was a little apprehensive. He has built his argument about success at least partially around the notion that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at just about anything. The 10,000 hours principle is one of the cornerstones in the book I'm writing, Expert [...]

My wife, Wanda, just handed me my oldest daughter's progress report. Madison typically gets good marks and we are coming to expect them. Although I don't put too much stock in grades, there is one mark she did well on that gives me the sense that she is on the right track. One portion of [...]

Seth Godin did a post this weekend on Squidoo's third anniversary comparing the progress of the site to an albatross (in a good way): Link In the post he writes: Albatross businesses are great to have but not easy to launch. Rather that the excitement of the big time launch and then the constant promotion [...]

I'm very close to having a draft of my book done. Last night I met with my friend Corey, who gave me some feedback on the title of the book. Above is a draft cover. The title is a working title at this point. I like it but I'll continue to think about it right [...]