Kent Slocum

It's considered a Christmas classic, and it was successful enough to spawn two sequels. The film I'm talking about, of course, is The...

A Colorful Question In the part of the United States where I grew up, kids are frequently grilled on a variety of subjects which are...

"These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home...

From 2008-2010, I authored and self-published a monthly newsletter for close family and friends. Although quite crude compared to my...

Context: This is an original LEGO creation that I submitted to a LEGO IDEAS contest. However, my attempts to provide a sufficiently...

"You can't solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level." -Albert Einstein...

Context: On May 27, 2020, the Seattle Times reported that Seattle's legendary Cinerama theater would be shutting its doors indefinitely....

"The sound of music is music to my ears." - Kent Slocum Two Kinds of Music As far as I am concerned, there are two different kinds of...

By now, you know that I prefer the Celsius temperature scale over Fahrenheit, Standard Time over Daylight Savings Time, 24-hour...

When I was attending the University of Oregon, I worked as an English-Language Conversation Partner with ESL (English as a Second...

In case you didn't know, the world has been abuzz with news about the largest crowd-funded media project ever: The Chosen. This...

An ancient proverb says that "It takes a village to raise a child." If 'two's company' and 'three's a crowd,' then in my case, a village...

As you have probably already learned via this blog post, I am a huge fan of board games. However, I am also a huge fan of improving...

Encouraging Strategic Thinking Through Physical Gameplay Everyone plays games. Whether they are word games or role-playing adventures,...

The Career Liftoff Interest Inventory (or CLII, as it is known) is a powerful tool for assessing my interests and preferences for...

Clifton StrengthsFinder & Gallup StrengthsQuest When Don Clifton pioneered the StrengthsFinder assessment, he believed that a deeper...

DiSC Assessment The DiSC assessment (DiSC is an acronym for four leadership styles) is a measure of my leadership type on four different...

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Although there are many other personality tests (such as The Big Five and HEXACO), the MBTI is by the far the...

"Every moment is a fresh beginning." - T.S. Elliot As a marketer and an entrepreneur, I love to learn new things. I'm continually adding...

"When you stop growing, you start dying." - William S. Burroughs This is more than just a clever proverb: it's the truth. Thanks to...