I know I’m completely late on this movie, but I just finally got around to watching Inception (Date nights aren’t exactly easy to come by with 2 kids)

Just in time for people to produce some great infographic breakdowns of what exactly happened in the film.  These are total spoilers so skip over them if you plan on watching still.

First image from here, second from here.

Direct youtube link

Also see http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater

It’s Friday, and most people have dragged, if not clawed, their way through the week.

What if every week we creatively transformed something mundane and ordinary into utter fun for everyone?

Now I know the cynic in many of you is jumping out and saying what a ridiculous and impractical idea that is… but that’s fine – you keep living in your world, the rest of us will be busy creating ours.

Original youtube link.

Stellar received an unbelievable amount of gifts this Christmas. We decided to give most of them away. She has more than enough already and we fear all the toys are making her depreciate everything else she already has. Future birthdays we’ll be more intentionally channeling gifts that people want to give to far better causes.

We had her drop of each toy and say ‘have a nice home’ to Toy Mountain. We told her there were lots of kids with no toys and some without mommy’s and daddy’s who could use the toys more… I’d like to think she understood.

* This is just one of the batches we gave away. If you suspect one of your gifts were given away – it seriously had nothing to do with the gift – they were awesome gifts! They’ve being well loved with a child who appreciates it even more now. Thanks for being generous.

Warning: video might not be quite appropriate for everyone… but I liked it.

Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bObItmxAGc

Your thoughts?

HT to Eugene Cho for bringing this up.

I had to post this photo – A bi-racial Black President playing with his Chinese niece

It’s a bit of a different world we’re living in, don’t you think?

What are your thoughts?

The planet is marked by golden arches, symbols of our willingness to relinquish uniqueness and line up for more of the same, our quest for greater convenience that won’t complicate our lives. ~ Erwin McManus

Blogger Stephen Von Worley creatively figured out the furthest distance any hamburger-loving American could be from the Golden Arches. He said it was “To gauge the creep of cookie-cutter commercialism, there’s no better barometer than McDonald’s – ubiquitous fast food chain and inaugural megacorporate colonizer of small towns nationwide.” Original post.

Here’s the visual map he came up with.

What do you think?

Check out this “Dream the impossible” documentary by Honda. My favorite quote – Learn to adapt with the planet or get off. This applies to so many realms of life, faith, and innovation.

Why tribes, not money or factories, will change the world – Seth Godin (2009).

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.

I finally got around to compiling a highlights video of last Sunday’s Solar Crash event, Love Comes Down.

It’s pretty hard compressing a whole evening of footage, but I tried. I know less is more, but I tried to create one video giving everyone a bit of time.

Let me know if you’d like to help or be a part of the next one!

If you weren’t there, here’s a taste of what you missed. enjoy!