About ten hours ago, the world changed. And not necessarily for the better. We lost an All-Star. Both literally, and figuratively. #3, Harmon Killebrew passed on today after his fight with cancer came to an end. A horrid end for a fantastic individual. This is not some slugger who just played ball. This is a guy who honestly changed fans lives. Don't believe me? Well the internet is there to prove you wrong. I found out about 10 hours ago, via Twitter. Honestly, it's where my news comes from on a daily basis.

Yesterday, I complained. Today, I admire. A friend of mine shared a link that I couldn't resist clicking. Apparently, Pixar is 25 years old. Aside from making me feel old, it made me feel pretty great. Why? Because I'm an advocate. There is something to be said about Pixar. They've alway made the most important part stay the most important part. And that's the story.

Sounds scary, right? Well it isn't. What is scary is how important it can be. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information is a lofty title put forth by Edward Tufte on a book that has claimed a top 100 spot from Amazon.com. No little feat. Especially when I feel smarter just by reading the title.

Every once in a while I realize that I start saying a phrase more often. Sometimes that phrase is funny, ("I wonder what she meant by that" as a variation of "that's what she said"), some times it can actually do something though. Lately, I've been lucky enough to be a part of a group of people that want to change the way we do things. Not because we want to change, but because we're looking at how we can be better.

True, I may not be that socially awkward, but I just went through an interesting social “experiment”. On Sunday night, I saw a tweet from @umarketing (who, by the way, I highly recommend you follow). It was simple, and encouraged his massive audience of thousands to go against what...