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Kyle Shewfelt at 30

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I recall the day I met Kyle. He was age-6 or 7.

… seems just a few years ago.

Kyle:


On May 6th, I turned 30. In celebration, I ran 33km’s. It was my longest run yet and it felt pretty awesome. …

While running, I had some time to think and ponder what entering my 30′s means to me. …

In my 30′s, I will:

Be FEARLESS

Be decisive

Let go of my perfectionism

Manage my time and energy more wisely

Make health and activity my #1 priorities

Take on new scary audacious challenges

Stop trying to please everyone

Have more productive screen time

Simplify email: I’m checking it twice a day and that’s it.

Take BIG risks

Create opportunities rather than wait for them to happen

Do things rather than think about doing them

Publish books

Finish what I’ve started

Re-organize and down-size

Take more pictures

Have more dinner parties

Have less stress

Be more appreciative

Enjoy my life

KyleShewfelt.com – Thirties Manifesto

Wise beyond his years.

3D video projection – Monte Carlo, Vegas

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On April 10, 2012, PaintScaping.com did a really cool 3D projection mapping on the Monte Carlo, in Vegas, baby, for the Board of Directors of MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL….

8 walls in sync, including the ceiling. All Christie 18K HD projectors. 7.2 audio system. …

We’re done stuff for Sony Pictures, Cirque du Soleil, Ritz-Carlton, and lots more. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I Am A Pole And So Can You

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New children’s book by Steven Colbert.

“The sad thing is, I like it” – Maurice Sendak

“The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation.

Also Father’s Day.

Also, other times.”

- Stephen Colbert

Tom Hanks narrates the audio. It arrives in stores May 8th.

Amazon

the day Cheezies died …

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It’s sad times for those of us, like me and Mason, who love Hawkins Cheezies.

… Around 1940, a young Ohio farmer named Jim Marker was looking for a way to preserve corn to feed his cattle year-round. So, with the help of a friend, he built a special extruder to mould the grain into porous sticks.

Chicago confectioner W.T. Hawkins got word of the unusual invention and dispatched his son, Webb, to acquire Mr. Marker’s idea and develop it into a snack food. The farmer agreed, and went into business with Mr. Hawkins. The cornmeal concoctions, now fried in oil and coated in powdered cheddar, were dubbed Cheezies. …

Globe – Jim Marker moulded Cheezies into a Canadian icon

I imagine he was submersed in a vat of Cheezies slurry.

Even Liberals are Big Fans of Oil Subsidies

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Jeff Sutherland sent me a link to this article. It blew my mind.

Consumer Energy Report:

If you were to survey people and ask the question “Should we subsidize oil companies?” — the overwhelming majority would undoubtedly respond “No!” The notion that we are subsidizing oil companies generates outrage in many people, but in this article I will show why these subsidies aren’t going to go away any time soon. The reason may surprise you. …

… The summary of oil-related subsidies for 2010 totals $4.5 billion. That is a number often thrown out there; $4 billion a year or so in support for those greedy oil companies. …

The single largest expenditure is just over $1 billion for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is designed to protect the U.S. from oil shortages.

The second largest category is just under $1 billion in tax exemptions for farm fuel. …

The third largest category? $570 million for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. …

Many smaller subsidies are intended to keep Oil jobs in the USA, rather than overseas.

When President Obama and the Democratic National Committee complain about Oil Subsidies, they’re being disingenuous. No Democratic President is going to cut them. Much.

In fact, No money from the U.S. Treasury goes to the oil industry. Everything is a tax break.

Read the article for your self – The Hard Truth: Even Liberals are Big Fans of Oil Subsidies

related – Washington Post Fact Checker – Oil War: The ad battle between ‘Big Oil’ and DNC, Part 2

After all that, I still trust that Obama is more likely to take the side of the consumer over Big Oil. But not by much. Neither he nor Romney are going to lower the price of gas at the pump. Nor the profits of American Oil companies.

Alberta’s Highway of Death

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An 11-year-old girl is the fifth victim to be identified in Friday’s deadly head-on crash in northern Alberta that resulted in the deaths of seven people, including one other child. …

CBC – Girl, 11, latest victim identified in Alberta highway crash

Dear Premier Redford,

The people of Fort McMurray demand to see a plan to twin Highway 63. Yes, we’ve heard about the caribou migration and the other issues – what we have not heard is a concrete plan with completion dates and a timeline. We demand that this highway be better patrolled – and frankly I don’t give a damn what it costs to do so. As has been stated again and again we are driving the provincial economy with our oil sands industry – and we are paying for it with our lives on a highway that is inadequate for the traffic it sees. …

Theresa Wells – An Open Letter to Premier Alison Redford – Fort McMurray and Highway 63

movie – The Diplomat

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This is going to be fantastic.

… A strange, enigmatic and decadent white diplomat arrives in central Africa, looking like a mixture of Henry Stanley and Karl Lagerfeld.

He has recently bought an ambassadorship and claims to be a do-good rich business man, who has come to spearhead a diplomatic mission.

Officially he is there to start a factory that produces matches – this, to employ locals and teach how to make this simple piece of fire-making equipment.

Unofficially he is really there to gain access to vast reserves of diamonds.The Ambassador is a genre-breaking, tragic comedy about the bizarre world of African diplomacy. …

‘The Ambassador’ Trailer – Lars von Trier’s Production Company Explores African Diplomacy In Sundance

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Something like Hunter S Thompson doing an expose on government corruption in Africa.

You can buy an Ambassadorship for around $40,000, then use diplomatic immunity to transport illbooten gotty across borders.

soaring Chinese wages

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… China now accounts for a fifth of global manufacturing. Its factories have made so much, so cheaply that they have curbed inflation in many of its trading partners. But the era of cheap China may be drawing to a close. …

… Foxconn, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer that makes Apple’s iPads (and much more besides) in Shenzhen, put up salaries by 16-25% last month. …

… if China’s currency and shipping costs were to rise by 5% annually and wages were to go up by 30% a year, by 2015 it would be just as cheap to make things in North America as to make them in China and ship them there (see chart). In reality, the convergence will probably be slower. But the trend is clear. …

If cheap China is fading, what will replace it? …

read more on Economist – The end of cheap China