The holidays are upon us once again. Take some time to watch the 25 Dollar Movie. I’m a sucker for these things. I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen “It’s a Wonderful Life” and every time I still get teary eyed, This video along with others is produced by a website calle AppreciateLife.com. [...]

The other day, my wife, my son and I are in the car driving to visit Nana. Out of the blue my son blurts out this idea for a tee shirt. I guess creativity runs in the family. If you ever spend any time with my 11 year old son, you will know he eats [...]

Sometimes it just nice to get validation. Someone from the outside to let you know you are on the right track. Last night I spoke to a gentleman who’s the CEO of a an up an coming brand of tool accessories. I sent the company an e-mail a week ago pitching one of my ideas. [...]

I’m a big Sci-Fi fan so this week I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still on a free trial of HBO. I’m glad I did not pay $8.25 to see it. It was not a great film (most re-makes disappoint me) but the quote from John Cleese’s character struck a cord. “But it’s only [...]

I came across this artist, Mark Jenkins. http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html Some of the images may be a bit disturbing but that’s art. You might be interesed in reading … Have You Found Your Calling? Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis–Lesson from Quitter Jon Acuff HexLight and Cold Fire – New Inventions from Season 2 of Pitchmen Thank you for [...]

Although I am not an architect, I do appreciate architecture, design, and history. This year for Christmas, my wife bought me a Lego set. Yes a Lego set. You are never too old for Lego! Lego has a new line of kits that have broad appeal. The series, called Lego Architecture; showcases building such as [...]

I saw this video posted on http://maunderingme.wordpress.com/ It’s one of those videos you almost stop before it ends but you are glad you watched the whole thing. Watch it to the end … please. I hope it will inspire you. You might be interesed in reading … Have You Found Your Calling? Perfectionism, Procrastination, and [...]

This post by a patent attorney on the Patent Pending Blog provides some grim stats. The bottom line: 2-3% of the independent inventors that Bob Shaver sees actually winds up making money off of their patents. Maybe the answer is not in the patent but getting a company to license your invention. I think people [...]

Now and then I like to share a bit of perspective with the Invention Addict readers. I came across this video when I read Kim Komando’s newsletter.  No, Kim is not is Special Forces solider, she’s the host of a radio show about computers and technology. You might be interesed in reading … Have You [...]

When I was in sixth grade, we were forced to write a Haiku poem. When I was a lad, I was not very fond of writing. Times have changed. For those not familiar with Haiku let me give you a short lesson. A haiku is a non-rhymed poem, conveying an image or feeling in two [...]