The painful life lessons of golf

Just hit the ball

“The Zen philosopher Basho once said, a flute with no holes is not a flute, and a doughnut with no holes is a danish.” – Chevy Chase, Caddyshack Golf is a guilty pleasure that puts me at odds with one of my heroes, George Carlin. Carlin had a famous bit where he refers to golf [...]

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Badgers? We don’t need no stinking badgers!

What a stinking badger might look like

Illustration for an article by Troy Janisch (@socialmeteor) on SmartBlog over at SmartBrief: Badges? We love those stinkin’ badges!

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Conversation is key

I sell life insurance

“Markets are conversations.” – The Cluetrain Manifesto How do you act at a cocktail party, or at happy hour? Do you try to relax and be yourself? Strike up a conversation with the bloke next to you about baseball or the sport du jour? Of course you do. It’s how normal people act. Now imagine [...]

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Fourth and 140

Tom Buchheim started a blog about sports and social media. It's a good read and I was honored to doodle up the header for him. 

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Obligatory Zombie

Have you hugged the undead today?

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Dr. J.

I picked up a Wacom Bamboo tablet today. This is my first experiment.  Dr. J. is the first forward in team history to average a double-double in the intramural league. His secret is clouded in a gordian knot of string theory, eigenvalues and methamphetamines.

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