Look on the bright side...you're not dead!

As I'm sure you've heard, there is a lot of bad news out there in the world today. Some examples:

At best, the world economy is on the brink of recession


World Heading for Great Depression II


One in four mammals face extinction


Ocean Dead Zones May Be Worse Than Thought


Bronchitis Forces Cher To Cancel Several Shows

Well, I say, look on the bright side of things.... Here's a little chart I put together of human history by era along with average life expectancy. According to this, the simple moving average life expectancy would be 22.2 years. Thus, if you are older than 22, congratulations...every day is a gift. Even if you just look at the years since Medieval times, the simple moving average is 26.7 years.



-Joe

p.s. Always look on the bright side of life.

What are you listening to?

brick walls

Great article about an inspiring talk.

Brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough

link

Congrats Uchie!!

On your new book!

Blog posting...

I should post an entry at least once every 6 months, so here it is :-)

...Our brazil trip photos. Thank you couchsurfing.com for hooking us up with great people in brazil.

YPulse Media

I've come across a couple of interesting blogs on marketing topics lately. One is especially great, and dedicated to the teen market - YPulse. Another writes about interesting web/social media with a refreshing angle - craphammer.ca


http://www.craphammer.ca/2006/11/transient_trans.html

http://ypulse.com/

My wife's expressions

My wife Natalie likes to interject interesting and poetic lines to punctuate her speech. Here are two recent examples:

"Well Joe, you can't contain fire in a paper sack".

and

"There was a famous Chinese general who led his men to a decisive battle across a powerful river. When they arrived he immediately had all the boats burned. This way, the men knew they must fight and win, since retreat was no longer an option".

She'll just casually throw these little sayings and stories into our conversation. She makes them up, but they sound like they're from a book. I love that.