Here’s a guest post from writer, Rachel Thomas who writes about kids and family issues over on her web site www.babysitting.net . If you’d like to write a guest post for The Daily ReTORt, check out the guidelines here: ========================== I don’t know about you, but I would much rather have fun and waste time then actually get things done. There is just something so intimidating about starting a new project or cleaning up that last mess. However if you never get … [Read more...]
May 16, 2013 By 14 Comments
This Post is Good to the Last Drop
I'm not gonna lie - I am a coffee addict. Whether you call it a cup of joe, lava from java, battery acid, decoction, forty weight or demitasse - I love it all (to my shame). I blame my days as an early morning radio news sidekick where I'd be up by 4:30 am each day, write as many news stories as I could in 90 minutes - usually about 18-22 stories - then hit the airwaves and sound like I was wide awake. By 6 am, I had normally consumed a pot of coffee by myself (to my shame). While … [Read more...]
February 6, 2013 By 3 Comments
The Power of Powerful Body Language
I've been a communications professional for more than 23 years. One of the most important aspects of communication is non-verbal cues also known as body language. Research has found that as much as 50 percent of our interpersonal communication is nonverbal. In other words, only half of what we say is spoken with our mouth. The other half of our message is usually unconsciously and silently conveyed via our nonverbal cues. Your nonverbal cues comprise everything from eyebrow … [Read more...]
February 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
Awesome Beethoven Flash Mob
I don't know about you, but flash mobs are one of my favorite types of YouTube videos to search and view. If you're not familiar with what a flash mob is, it's basically a pre-orchestrated gathering of co-conspirators who seek to surprise and delight a crowd in a public setting by doing something funny, shocking, beautiful or unexpected. This video below builds from one musician to a full orchestra and chorus performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. It's pretty … [Read more...]
January 21, 2013 By 8 Comments
An MLK Day Chat With Cleverbot…
Holidays provide a great reason to have a discussion with Cleverbot. What's Cleverbot you ask? Cleverbot, is a web-based Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) application that supposedly has the ability to learn by conversing with humans via an instant messaging platform. It's a real-world, social-technology experiment that I regularly engage. While it’s a stretch to say that Cleverbot is intelligent, interacting with this particular “thinking” software can be mildly … [Read more...]
January 2, 2013 By 16 Comments
Anatomy of a New Year Resolution
This time of year, it's obligatory to write a post about New Year Resolutions - it comes with the blogging territory. One of my top resolutions for 2013 will be to spend more time with my family offline, which means less time online. Toward that ultimate goal, here's an interesting infographic from the fine folks at World of Infographics that looks at the most common types of resolutions that are made each year as well as other statistics - such as resolution failure rates. Regardless, … [Read more...]
December 13, 2012 By 5 Comments
25 Christmas songs in 2 minutes
The holidays tend to bring out the best in people - particularly from a creative perspective. Here's a creatively, entertaining video from the folks over at ignitermedia.com - they produce a variety of faith-based videos, skits and production pieces. In this particular segment Rob Thomas (aka "Johnny") and Braun Brown (aka "Chachi") regale us with 25+ Christmas songs in less than 120 seconds. Don't let the goofy wigs or extreme orthodontia scare you, it's a pretty cool … [Read more...]
