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May 2, 2012
Throwing Your Weight Around
How influential are you? How much do your words or your actions - or a combination of both - cause a reaction in someone else? And just who do you have to be in order to truly influence another human being into altering their attitude or behavior? Somebody important? Somebody famous?
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May 1, 2012
Throw Your Weight Around
How influential are you? How much do your words or your actions - or a combination of both - cause a reaction in someone else? And just who do you have to be in order to truly influence another human being into altering their attitude or behavior? Somebody important? Somebody famous?
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April 27, 2012
News for Nerds - April 27, 2012
Welcome back to another edition of News for Nerds! This week we'll help you learn to draw, we'll give you another reason to eat your vegetables, and we'll blast off for new worlds with some very rich people. But first: with summer fast approaching, a public service announcement.
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April 26, 2012
I Suggest "Keep Your Kids In School" Day
I nominate Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day as one of the top five dumbest ideas in the country, right after a Kardashian reality show but just before biggie-sizing.
We have an entire nation screaming for improved academic performance, and then we happily pull our children o
April 25, 2012
See the Big Brain Club in Action!
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then our new Flickr page is very nearly priceless.
That's right. The Big Brain Club now has its very own ho
April 20, 2012
Thanks, Texas Librarians!
For about a year I'd been scheduled to speak at the Texas Library Association conference, which this year took place in Houston. I'd been told that it was a great event, and my publisher of the Galahad series, Kathleen
April 18, 2012
Dom Talks About Wrapping Up Galahad
As the Galahad Scavenger Hunt Blog Tour has been winding down, Dom was asked to submit a guest post for our friends over at TeachingBooks.net. You can http://forum.teachingboo
April 13, 2012
Book Signings in Texas!
Hello fans of the Galahad book series! Dom will be in Texas for the Texas Library Association conference, and while there he'll be signing copies of the award-winning book series.
If you're in the Lone Star state - or, if you have friends or family members who NEED to pick up Th
News for Nerds - April 13, 2012
Welcome back to another edition of News for Nerds. This week we discuss everything from potholes in Cleveland to underwear in deep space, with a brief stop to watch some wonderfully nerdy video. But first: wake me up before you go-go.
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April 12, 2012
Students Win $5,000 for Astronaut Underwear Design
Four Oregon teenagers have potentially solved a decades-old problem for NASA. And they've earned a nice chunk of cash in the process.
A team of students from West Sal
