Just a quick PSA before Kristen and I disappear to Joshua Tree for a couple of days.
Amazon is having a little sale with Cartel books on the Kindle.
Each of our 6 titles on Kindle are $.99 each.
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Christmanticipation
The kids try not to think about it.
But there is a growing pile of things under the Christmas tree with their names on it.
That pile calls out to them.
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Review: Our Last Option
Option 1: I’m right and you’re wrong and that’s that.
Option 2: We’re all right in our own opinion and that’s that, let’s just get along anyway.
These are the two options most of us see when engaging in our society. You’re either pro-choice or pro-life. You’re either anti-gun or pro-gun ownership. You’re for gay marriage or you’re against it. You’re either FoxNews or HufffPo.
It’s exhausting and most people seem to teeter-totter between engaging in the topic du jour and ignoring it. They are exhausted by it because it lacks productivity. Few people can argue another person into change. But we seem to live in an age where winning is more important than virtue.
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Blogging 101: A Getting Started Guide from Adam McLane
January 2nd, 2014 @ 11:00 AM Pacific
A few weeks back I wrote a post, Blogging 101, and talked about 5 things you should do before you start a blog.
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Hey Cartel. How are we doing?
Marko and I are spending the next two days together at a little offsite retreat in Carlsbad.
Believe it or not, it’s taken about 6 months to get this on the calendar. We’ve needed to do it but just been too busy. Heck, we’re not in the same place for 2 days very often without a heavy to do list. So it’s not been for lack of need or desire. It just took this long.
It’s 2-days to not work on day-to-day stuff. We meet fairly regularly to do that. Those are “who’s got what” meetings. They are high function and typically looking at things that are happening right now.
This is what I’m calling the Phase 3 meeting.
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A Call to End the Christian War on Entertainment
All this technology is making us antisocial. pic.twitter.com/k4j7lOSUeh
— Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) December 15, 2013
This picture got retweeted a bunch yesterday. The sarcasm of it is clear. People have correlated technology with the advancement of societal ill for a long, long time.
Today’s whipping boy is the smartphone. The point of the tweet above seems to be that people used to look at newspapers the same way people look at their phones today.
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What would a college football tournament look like in 2014?
click image to view full-size If college football had a tournament based on the final BCS polls, this is what the bowl season could have looked like.
College football fans want games that matter. We want to see see the best teams advance. And we want to see a true champion like in every other NCAA sport. We want a college football tournament that culminates the weekend between the AFC/NFC Championship and the Super Bowl.
If you agree, share this on social media.
But what about the other teams & bowls? Let teams that don’t make the top 16 in the final polls fill up the rest of the bowl games.
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Come to Haiti with Me – April 12-15, 2014
Let’s explore Haiti together. The sounds of Haitian children singing worship songs to Jesus reverberate in my dreams.
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College Football Thoughts – The Bowl Predictions
2013 was a memorable season. Without a truly dominant team we were all left to wonder who’d survive to the national championship. Outside of a few Alabama fans, everyone in the country thinks Florida State and Auburn are the two teams most deserving to play for the the trophy.
Meanwhile, nearly half of the schools in college football made themselves eligible for a bowl and are rewarded with some extra days of practice and a made-for-tv exhibition game. They too will play for a trophy. Even if the trophy is just a logo. Or a potato.
What’s Wrong With Bowls?
