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Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny
© Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny
Track List
- Kickapoo
- Classico
- Baby
- Destiny
- History
- The Government Totally Sucks
- Master Exploder
- The Divide
- Papagenu (He’s My Sassafrass)
- Dude (I Totally Miss You)
- Break In-City (Storm The Gate)
- Car Chase City
- Beezleboss (The Final Showdown)
- POD (The Pick Of Destiny)
- The Metal
Genre
Rock
Review
A friend of mine sent me a DVD last year of personal travels that had an excellent soundtrack. One of the songs was from Tenacious D. It was so good that it peaked my interest enough to investigate further. So I picked up Tenacious D’s latest release which tells a story of a young boy who eventually masters the art of rock and roll and beats the devil in a jam-a-thon. The guitar riffs are catchy and the lyrics are really funny if you like Jack Black’s sense of humor. Great album, thanks Matthew!
Rating
8/10
“Kickapoo” Music Video
NOTE: This video contains explicit lyrics but should have you on the floor in laughter.
Ideal Management
In my experience, the methodologies and mentalities of corporate management have never been that impressive. That is to say that it is more about them and less about you, the employee. Instead, it should be more like “all for one and one for all!” Anyway, I am not a manager and have no plans to be one (although you could say I am one now as I do wear a bunch of hats these days). The following is a list of top-ten traits I would want to have, or would seek out in or as, a manager:
Top Ten Managerial Traits To Have
- Don’t forget to be human. Remember The Golden Rule.
- Earn and maintain the trust and respect of your team.
- Empower your employees.
- Be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each member of the team, capitalizing on the strengths where possible. If there are weaknesses, work on turning them into strengths.
- Be decisive but not a dictator.
- Be able to communicate clearly and concisely.
- Be a peer to your team.
- Be additional help when help is needed.
- Be responsible for tasks assigned to the team.
- Have faith and confidence in your team.
Things to Consider
Here are a few additional sources of information worth checking out:
- Project Management Made Easy by D. Keith Robinson.
- The Myths of Innovation - Follow the link and download the podcast. I found the discussion interesting and worth checking out as it covers some of the points above and a few more.
Pikes Peak Scooter Rally - Day 2
We hopped on Our Buddy to join the second day of the Moving On Up scooter rally, hosted by the Pikes Peak Scooter Club. (Sadly, we couldn’t make the first day).
The second day started by meeting at the home of the party leaders for brunch and to form into groups — named after suits of cards: 10s, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces — for the Pokenger Runt, a mixture of a scavenger hunt and a poker run. The game consisted of finding information about various bridges in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, and it was a lot of fun and a great way to explore the city. We ended up in the Jacks team and our leader, Jim, knew how to have a good time, which is to say that one should stop at the local tavern for a drink while out hunting. Hey, one gets thirsty while out in the sun!
The following pictures are from today’s journey through the city:
(click to view)
In order to win at Pokenger, you had to answer questions and even write essays. Yes, essays! Luckily, we had a talented and sexy writer in the group. Then once we got back to home base, you picked a card for each right answer — with bonus questions that allowed you to switch out one card for another — to create a winning poker hand. We ended up with two pairs (as shown above), king high. We thought we had it but the Aces team beat us out with three-of-a-kind.
We left for the evening just as they were doing a slow race, where one drives as slow as possible in order to cross the finish line last and win the race. Quite entertaining as one has to wiggle and use just enough throttle in order to not fall over.
Man, what a strange and wonderful group the Peak SC pulls together! We’ll be back tomorrow.
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