Perspective

I'm reminded of how lucky I am to live in the richest nation during the most prosperous time in human history.

Go here and try the following salaries:

$200,000
$100,000
$50,000
$5,000 - starting to get the picture?
$500

Notice anything interesting?

Three billion people live on less than $2 per day while 1.3 billion get by on less than $1 per day. Seventy percent of those living on less than $1 per day are women

Can You Write a Novel in 30 Days?

I'm going to try... (again).

Cool Dad, or Just Insane?

I bought a green screen for Julia's 9th birthday party and uploaded some samples - now that's a fun party trick!

Check some of them out: http://flickr.com/photos/msirkin

I created about 8 different digital backdrops for the kids to pick from and a very cool Brady Bunch rip off for the group photo. Each kid got 2 or 3 photos in their "goodie bag."