Completely Unsurprising...

Reading this, my first reaction was “Of course he did!”

With Hollywood gathering this weekend for the 84th Academy Awards, President Barack Obama has recruited Oscar-winning documentary director Davis Guggenheim to again produce a short film for his campaign.

Obama’s re-election staff in Chicago spent $162,834 on the film last month, according to the January Federal Election Commission filing. Currently in post-production, the film focuses on the president’s first three years in office, according to a campaign official.

There are comments here and here. My favorite:

I puked and my cats threw up a couple of hair balls.

Bloggiversary, Missed...

Seven years plus one week ago today, I made the first post on this blog.  Since then, I've posted 5508 times, or 2.15 posts/day...

Introverted? Be a “Shy Connector”

In recent months I've accidentally run across a lot of great articles about what it's like to be introverted, and how to embrace it.  Here's yet another one: a short presentation by Sacha Choa with great advice for introverts about how to connect easily with other people.  Much of the advice I've worked out on my own, but there were a couple of new ideas for me in there.  One recommendation she made resonates particularly strongly: blogging – though I'd generalize that a bit into writing for an audience, any way you can...

The Shy Connector

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