Email List
So, remember the other day when I thought it would be funny if you all sent pictures of your Thanksgiving turkeys to a photostream on Flickr? Well, Randy and I started talking about how we’d like to do more stuff like that. When I say ‘more stuff like that’, what I mean is, I think it would be fun to do things that aren’t really blog based so much as it is simply expanding our community in photos or something else that might pop up. I’m thinking next will be sending in a photo of your Christmas decorations…. or your worst pair of shoes…. or the inside of your refrigerator.
So why the email list? Well along side Twitter, and this here blog, I think it would be fun to be able to shoot you an email with links and all that. It’s really easier and cleaner than Twitter when it comes to highly specified instructions you know. Seriously though. Over on the sidebar there is a place to sign up for my email list. This won’t go anywhere and honestly, most days I will probably forget it’s there, but if you want to sign up for it I’d love to be a place that stores your email for future fun stuff. And to be quite honest I don’t know really know how to spam people so don’t worry about that.
One more thing…. don’t put in a fake address because there’s really no point. You’re not getting anything for signing up so making up some weird email is just silly.
Who’s with me?
Stats Suck Sunday – Early Morning
- For the last six Sundays I have woken up late and had Cracker Barrel for breakfast. This morning I was back to getting up at six and going out in the cold to play guitar at church. I think I’m still recovering.
- Today could possibly be my last day of Fantasy Football this year. If I win I sneak into the playoffs. If not, I am done.
- SkörInc has another ‘launch’ this week that I am really excited about. Keep a post open to help spread the word about that.
- We are currently working on an email list for this blog for no other reason than to have fun with.
- There’s talk of snow here tonight, and tomorrow, which is cool because I am usually out of town when it snows here. Now, if I only hadn’t left my jacket on the bus in Dallas.
- Kristin is starting to embrace Twitter, so if you aren’t following her, you can here.
Well, that’s about it this week as far as random thoughts in my head. Not much going on this week. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. What’s on your mind today?
Automatic
I’m not completely convinced, but I don’t think I’m a fan of the ‘auto response’. You know the ones. We first noticed it with Myspace adding ‘friends’ as soon as they added you. I think, at the time, it was frowned upon but everyone did it, because after all, the more ‘friends’ you had the cooler you were, right? Now we see it everywhere. Facebook, Twitter, and every other social network that escapes my mind right now.
Here’s my thing. Is it really a ‘social network’ at that point? I mean with an auto response, it’s not really “social” anymore is it? Doesn’t that take the social right out of it? At that point, automatic adds start to feel more like a race to more ‘friends’ than paying attention to the social networking aspect. At least to me.
I’d love to know Seth Godin’s take on the automatic adding of ‘friends’, or Twitter followers. Is there a benefit somewhere that I am not seeing, aside from not really having to interact with people that taking the time to interact with you? Don’t get me wrong. I’ve struggled with the idea of convenience too, but have yet to jump on board.
Now I know a lot of you folks are using the automatic response for different things and I’m not saying you are wrong entirely. I’m just curious the reasoning on your end. Why do you use the automatic friend adder or any other automatic response system?
Tis The Season
Throngs of Black Friday shoppers stampeded a Wal-Mart employee as they rushed into the Green Acres mall in Valley Stream minutes before it opened.
“When the doors opened, all hell broke loose,” a law enforcement source told The Post.
An unidentified man, believed to be a store employee who tried to restrain the oncoming juggernaut, was knocked to the ground at 5:03 a.m.
He was rushed to a local hospital but declared dead at 6:03, police said.
Four other people were hospitalized, including a 28-year-old pregnant woman. She was knocked to the store floor a short distance from where the 34-year-old man was trampled and her fate was unclear.
The other three people taken to hospitals suffered minor injuries.
Items on sale at the Wal-Mart store included a $798 Samsung 50-inch Plasma HDTV, a Bissel Compact Upright Vaccum for $28, a Samsung 10.2 megapixel digital camera for $69 and DVDs such as “The Incredible Hulk” for $9.
Next year I’m going with my wife…. and bringing pepper spray. See anything crazy today?
The Day After
Yesterday was great. A very low-key, relaxing Thanksgiving celebration. We went to Kristin’s dad’s house for the day, watched some football, ate more than we probably should have and watched the sugar affect the boys. This is the first ‘traditional’ Thanksgiving we have had since we have lived in Tennessee, so it was cool to be able to just hang out. Oh, yeah…. and this was awesome.
Today is the infamous ‘Black Friday’ and I wanted nothing to do with it. Going into Wal-Mart on a normal day stresses me out to the point of wanting to run out screaming, so the idea of waking up early and going into the cold with a bunch of angry shoppers is less than appealing to me. Kristin, however, was up at gone by six this morning. She loves the idea of finding a deal, and I love the idea of her finding the deals so it’s a great matchup.
So what about you? Do you do the whole ‘Black Friday’ thing? What’s the best deal you got today?
Thanksgiving Eve Celebration
So, most likely tomorrow I will be ignoring you. Not you personally, but you as a world-wide internet whole. But you know what? You will be ignoring me too. See, Thanksgiving just isn’t a day where you spend much time online. And we can’t hold that against each other.
That being said, I would like to initiate the world’s first Thanksgiving Eve Blog Celebration. It’s a modest celebration and really I just made it up this morning, but it’s a celebration regardless. Basically what I would like to do is go around the blog world and express our thanks. You know, like you do at the Thanksgiving table? It’s simple, except I am attaching a number to it. I’d like us all to say three things we are thankful for. Three. That’s it. One. Two. Three. And I’d like for the list in the comments to be longer than when we were all griping about Christians Voting For Obama. How’s that sound?
I’ll start.
(1) My amazing family. My wife, who puts up with my weirdness and still manages to like me. And my amazing kids who keep me on my toes and challenge me to be a better dad.
(2) I’m continually blown away by the freedom that God gives me to not ever have a “real job”, yet continues to provide for us. I love that I can be doing something that is different every day, working with amazing people, and stretching myself creatively and somehow still paying our bills. I’m thankful for that.
(3) It’s going to sound cheesy, but I am truly grateful to you guys. The people that come back here every day. This is more than a blog. This has become a place that ideas have been born and turned into something that is really making a difference. Thanks for sticking around, even if I offend you at times.
See how easy that was? Now it’s your turn. Spread the word. It’s the first ever Thanksgiving Eve Celebration. Ready? Go.
Positive Post Tuesday – SkörInc’s Artists
Over the last few months I have had the opportunity to work with some really amazing people. One thing that I love about what I do with SkörInc is that I am not tied to one specific management company or one label. I get to work with a handful of different people and join them in their own creativity.
This Tuesday I’d like to bring some attention to some of the amazing folks that I get to work with. Some are brand new and some I have been working with for a long time.
First off, the guys in MercyMe have really paved the way for us to do things that no one else has done. We just finished broadcasting an entire tour online. It was a challenge, but it’s amazing to see the noise that has been made in the industry because of that. In fact, I think tonight Jeremy Camp is broadcasting his show, so it’s great that folks are paying attention. This couldn’t have happened without the MercyMe guys giving it a shot.
Natalie Grant has also been an awesome ‘early adopter’ that has really helped get things going for SkörInc. She is constantly open to something new and really receptive to new ideas. She’s also a super creative person and some of the things she has come up with have been great to see. Not to mention she Twitters like nobody’s business.
The Katinas have only worked with us for a couple months now, but are one of those groups that are constantly thinking about what to do next. It’s awesome to see their involvement and creativity in what we are doing. I couldn’t be happier working with them. I feel like they really get what SkörInc is doing and are an amazing support.
There are several others that we are working with and if you haven’t checked them out in a while it’s time to go through and say hello. Phil Wickham, Fee, Joy Whitlock, Connersvine, Elijah Stephen, Damian Horne, and Daniel Renstrom. Another couple artists that we have just started working with, and I am super excited about, are Brenton Brown and Dan Evans. Brenton has a great personality, and I’m excited to see what his blog becomes. Look for that in the next couple weeks. Dan also has a great personality and has some great stories that will make for a pretty cool blog.
What’s your favorite blog that SkörInc works with and why?
Welcome to Tuesday. You know what to do.
Stats Suck Sunday – The Last Day
Well, today it’s the last day of the tour. We are in Montgomery, Alabama setting up for the show tonight in between football games and checking Fantasy scores.
The end of a tour is always a weird thing. Everyone is ready to be home, see their families and be off the road, but the idea of not hanging out with the people you have lived with for the last 2 months is kind of sad. It’s obvious that’s it’s been an amazing tour and the MercyMe guys are always amazing to work with and I hope to have a chance to do it again.
Other than wrapping up the tour we aren’t doing much today, except Wes, the Production Manager just accidentally dumped a two-liter bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper over on the floor of this really nice church green room. I’m glad I didn’t just do that. It seems like something I would do.
Anyway, this has been my installment of Stats Suck Sunday because my stats will suck today, and so will yours.
Let’s hear it. What’s on your mind?
One Gallon
So here we are in Cincinnati, which happens to be a word that I can never, ever spell right the first time, and it’s cold. Real cold. MercyMe is playing a benefit show for a club called The Underground, which basically means it’s the same show, but a smaller crowd and people are giving money to the club. There’s also an auction and some famous football players here. I only know who they are because they are about four times the size of anyone else here.
Anyway, earlier we were talking about the old myth that no one can drink a gallon of chocolate milk in an hour and manage to keep it down for an hour as well. I’ve seen several people try but I’ve never seen it happen. Well Gabe says that he has video documentation of a guy that he toured with not only drinking a gallon of chocolate milk, but also drinking another quarter of a gallon after that. I’m not so sure I buy it, but I’d love to see the video.
So there’s my question. Has anyone, or anyone you know been able to drink a gallon of chocolate milk and keep it down? Would you be willing to try?
