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Here’s what I’ve been doing for the last week instead of posting to my blog

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Draw Something, available on both iTunes and Google Play, has become the latest mobile sensation.

Draw Something from OMGPOP! (now a Zynga company, thanks in part to the game’s explosive growth) is the latest mobile game to take off like wildfire. I downloaded the game last week, and I’ve used my phone for little else since.

While I’m nothing compared to the artists seen on the Art of Draw Something, I do fancy myself to be fairly decent at drawing. Interested in starting a game with me? I’m user thenomenclator.

May Faith and Favor be upon them.

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My amazing friend Jonathan and his family.

Jonathan, a friend of mine from elementary school, and his wife Sarah adopted two twin orphans from Uganda. Thanks to Facebook and their blog, I have been able to follow the developments at every turn: their initial decision to adopt, their journey to Africa to meet the twins, and Jonathan’s return home with the girls.

Just got my t-shirt in the mail. Thanks, Jonathan and Sarah!

In an effort to raise money to bring them home, they decided to make cool adoption t-shirts to sell. Check after the jump to learn more about the shirts and to watch a video of Sarah meeting Jonathan and the girls at the airport. Warning: make sure you have a tissue or two handy!
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RIP Encyclopedia Brittanica

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Encyclopedia Brittanica will no longer produce a print edition.

As much as I hate to hear that there will no longer be a new print edition of the Brittanica, I believe it’s worth noting that people were pointing out the flawed business model as early as 70 years ago.
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