John August, writer of Big Fish and Go among others, gives a 10-step procedure for how to write a scene.
Paul Rosenberg on How Libertarians Fail
Paul Rosenberg posted on Fr33Agents about how libertarians (and any other group with a like viewpoint) make some basic group dynamic errors that serve to hold them back–the biggest being that they tend to communicate mostly within their own thought-circles. I grew bored with the endless flow of philosophical and political cross-talk that seems to […]
Lance Uncategorized Politics and Government
Lessons From a Blue-Collar Millionaire
This is a cool story from Inc. about a guy who has revolutionized what’s normally a pretty standard-issue business: the local pizza joint. Lessons From a Blue-Collar Millionaire. Thanks to Ruth Schwartz for bringing it to my attention.
Free Classic Command and Conquer Downloads
Into old-school real-time strategy games? Electronic Arts is now offering the first 3 Command & Conquer games as free downloads: Command & Conquer Classic. Have fun!
Lance Uncategorized Fun graphics, toys, & gizmos
The Simplifier #5.4 is Online
Reposted from ProjectSimplify.com: The ninety-ninth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier, titled “The First Step Toward Rational Living”, is now archived on our newsletter archives page. (There is also an audio version of this newsletter, available here.) Here is a brief summary of the contents: 1. A Note From Shawn It doesn’t get […]
Latest issue of "The Simplifier"
The most recent issue of Project Simplify’s newsletter The Simplifier (which I co-edit and write for) is online. Here’s the web version: The Simplifier #5.3 – Clearing the Way! And the audio version: The Simplifier #5.3 Audio Version This issue includes the latest edition of my column “The Not-So-Simple Life”–it’s the last section.
The Cast of "Community" on Twitter
It didn’t seem super-easy to find a simple list of the Twitter accounts for the cast members of NBC’s “Community”, and since I was already following them all, I took a moment to make a Twitter “List” featuring them. You can follow it here: Tweets from the Cast of Community (@FreelanceLance/cast-of-community). The accounts of the […]
Outtake from The Simplifier #5.2
The following will not appear in the “Lifestyles of the Natural & Professional” section of the upcoming issue of The Simplifier: ———————— Oh, to be the young upstart! The new guard, the fresh blossom; it’s so inspiring and exciting…to beat the crusty, lame, old, creaky… I’m speaking, of course, of the feud between the Project […]
"Lance has provided unmatched attention to detail…"
From Robin Mallery of HeartMatters: Lance has provided unmatched attention to detail during the building of my website, not only from a technical perspective but also content related. He is witty, charming, and quite bright. Lance’s ideas are out of the box, he drinks a lot of Coke, and does not like banana bread. -from […]
"I've never received more thoughtful and useful feedback…"
Kudos for my eagle-eye editing from “serial entrepreneur” Allen Oelschlaeger: “Honestly, I’ve never received more thoughtful and useful feedback on my copy than this. Thanks.”
"a great writing coach"
A new testimonial, fresh from my inbox: “You’ve been a great writing coach.” -long-time client Shawn Tuttle (of Project Simplify and The Natural Professional)
aM laboratory’s Tone Matrix
Remember the giant-sized piano keys that Tom Hanks jumped around on in Big? Of course you do; you were just mentioning it the other day, remember? Anyway, aM laboratory’s Tone Matrix gizmo is way freakin’ cooler than that. Trying to describe it would suck all the art and wonder out of it, and still wouldn’t […]