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Indi­rect val­i­da­tion of the church plant­i­ng assess­ment process.

Google Inter­view Ques­tions

The famous Google inter­view ques­tions? They don’t work. Here’s Las­z­lo Bock, senior vice pres­i­dent of peo­ple oper­a­tions at Google: On the hir­ing side, we found that brain­teasers are a com­plete waste of time. How many golf balls can you fit into an

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How inter­est­ing. Whether this study is valid or not (I have not exam­ined their methodology/data), I think the approach has mer­it.

The Home­r­ic social net­work

The struc­ture of the social net­work among char­ac­ters in Home­r’s Odyssey indi­cates the sto­ry is at least par­tial­ly based on actu­al

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This should not sur­prise me, but it does.

Who are the three high­est paid offi­cials on the Pen­ta­gon bud­get?

The foot­ball coach­es at Army, Navy and Air Force. Here is more (most­ly on oth­er top­ics), hat tip to @jtlevy.  Here are some com­pa­ra­ble answers for state gov­ern­ment employ­ees.

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This brief arti­cle is full of sur­pris­ing sta­tis­tics, includ­ing an appar­ent con­trast between how church­go­ing LGBT adults view most denom­i­na­tions (most think of the church as a whole as unfriend­ly to them) vs how they view their per­son­al con­gre­ga­tion­al expe­ri­ence (only 6% feel their con­gre­ga­tion is unfriend­ly to them). Am I read­ing that cor­rect­ly? Because that’s a huge con­trast.

More Than 4 in 10 LGBT Adults Iden­ti­fy as Chris­tians

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I feel as though I’ve shared this already, but it popped up as unread in my RSS read­er and it’s worth shar­ing again. Yikes.

You com­mit three felonies a day

In a book called Three Felonies A Day, Boston civ­il rights lawyer Har­vey Sil­ver­glate says that every­one in the US com­mits felonies

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Great obser­va­tion: “Some advice about advice, or advice-squared: If some­one tells you what they wish they would have done, lis­ten. If they only tell you things they would­n’t have done, ignore them, because they’ve con­fused regret with wis­dom. When some­one fan­ta­sizes about hav­ing achieved less in life instead of fig­ur­ing out how to make things bet­ter, that’s more of a review of the life than the prob­lem. Even when they’re right about the prob­lem, they’re the wrong per­son to help you solve it.”

6 Impor­tant Things Nobody Tells You About Grad School

Some advice about advice, or advice-squared: If some­one tells you what they wish they would have done, lis­ten. If they only tell you things they would­n’t have done, ignore them.

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I think pan­el three is my favorite. Talk about a slap with the cold fish of truth.

Basic Instruc­tions — Basic Instruc­tions — How to Make a Dif­fi­cult Deci­sion

In hon­or of the 4th of July, this week’s Ask­ing the Wrong Guy , is a spe­cial all UK edi­tion, b…

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Yes, please.

S’moresi­cles are fun sum­mer treat that kids can make

InMenlo.com — Dai­ly News and Fea­tures about Men­lo Park and Ather­ton Cal­i­for­nia