Dan poses as Charlie Brown

Dan Dedrick had family in from New York over the Thanksgiving holiday and the Herald Leader photographers got this shot of him hauling off a tree.

Front page article

Guess which co-worker turned him in?

The World is Flat ( Missionary 3.0 )

The World is Flat.

I've been reading this book that compares Columbus' discovery of the world being round to the fact that today's world is flat.

Columbus was looking for a short path to India for trade back in 1492, but today, smart people from India, China, Russia and all over the world are learning and working effectively from wherever they are with businesses that were founded in the country that Columbus mistook for India.

Last night, I received an email from Michael Harrington who is serving as a missionary in Africa about how he taught an African family to use a yo-yo. That same night, I received an email from a friend with photos from a zoo that she had visited in Singapore.

Certainly, because of the factors that are discussed in this book and the experiences that I have had in the last 15 years and the last 15 days, I can truly say that the world is flat.

Happy Birthday Dad!

My dad turned 82 today. When I called to tell him Happy Birthday, he told me that the lady from Human Resources at Lycro Products asked him if he was really going to be 82 this weekend.

He responded with a short and affirmative, "Yep!"

She told him that he was a pretty incredible person to be working at his age.

As Dad was telling me the very short story, I was imagining what was going through the mind of the lady from HR and how different that a small company can be.

I do agree with her. My dad is an incredible person. He worked 37 years for the first company that employed him while he was working and living on Grandpa's farm and establishing his own home later.

He has now worked nearly 25 years at the second company.... that is loyalty.

Adam Recognized in Fayette County Newsletter

As a parent and volunteer guest teacher in the Fayette County Public School system, I believe it is important to listen to the leadership. The school superintendent really does a great job of communicating on a regular basis.

Here is the text from the "Kudos" section:

To Southern Middle School students Adam Eby, Tyler Farquhar and Lauren Shields for placing 7th in the Leadership Challenge team event during the 2007 National Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference.

Old Men in the Balcony

It has just recently come to my attention that a peer of mine and I have been compared to the two old men in the balcony on the Muppet Show.

Having watched that show as a kid, I was sure that the people at work who made this comparison were mistaken.