So I saw a few clever people were playing with this “yourname needs” meme. Simply plug in “yourname needs” into your search engine of choice and find out what you need.

Here is what google thinks “Tim needs”.

1. theme music
2. your help
3. a shirt
4. to know that his actions are going to land him in the gutter…
5. to succeed
6. an elevated stage with a minimum
   size of 8 feet & a patch into the main or house system …
7. to enable javascript
8. approving by Sheralee
9. to remain as Majority Leader
10. to climb out of
    his VW bus and build a house in Honduras… or Pakistan

I can’t wait to find out what yahoo and msn think I need.

Here is a link to a great little essay on distractions both wide and narrow. I totally agree with the writer, Paul Ford. Sitting with my moleskine, the antithesis of technology, is often much more productive than the fully featured desktop where items are constantly popping out of the corner threatening to distract me. (BTW, I have to say I love the design of his website even if the navigation is a little odd.)

My last remaining great-aunt died last week. You can see her obituary online at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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