A few random stories to enjoy

Ian and Prezi:

I asked Ian for help before a Portugal trip. I wanted to get across the point that commercialization is a mosaic of activities that must be united into a big picture. He suggested that I use Prezzi as a creative tool to communicate this concept. Getting focused on the details prevents one from strategic vision. I told him about Bulter’s IC2 Overview Prezi and we watched it together. We agreed on the Prezi concept and gave Ian the Mona Lisa mosaic picture that I was playing around with in Powerpoint. He first make YEAH on Prezi – playing around. http://prezi.com/imgcalfm2uh0/yeah/ He then came up with the small to expanded view approach to match the idea that we discussed. We both searched for the pictures and worked together to select them. We started with the foot and expanded this out to the Mona Lisa mosaic. Ian took the pictures and then built and saved the Prezi for me. The linkage with the Vitruvian Man and his member was interesting! It reflects Ian’s creativity and how to take materials that are imperfect and make them into a interesting outcome. I used it when I taught the TTO officers from around Portugal at the National Training week in Faro. 

A Song that Comes to Mind Chosen by Dad

Better Man

Pearl Jam á la Ian Pogue

Waitin’, watchin’ the clock, its twelve o’clock, it’s got to stop

Tell him, take no more, he wakes the neighbors’ sleep

As we open the door, notes ring over...

We hear him sing, scream, play the bass over

We know and declare our deep love for him, can’t find a better man...

We see his present, we dream his next, can’t find a better man...

Talkin’ to ourselves, there’s no one who feels love so…

He feels our feelings, oh…

Memories back when he was small and young

And waiting for the world to come along...

Now he is becoming, seeks fresh answers

We know and declare our deep love for him, can’t find a better man...

We love him, yeah...We can’t wait to see his way

He’s becomin’, yeah...that’s why we’ll keep on watchin’

Can’t find a better man

Nicknames (if you missed them from last year - tells you so much about Ian!):

Baby Thor

Poguester

Elffy

E-man

“E”

Pooh bear

Bongo titties

Dude

Hairy beast

Little e

Chubacca

Sexy beast

Puppy

Pogue mahone

Pogunater

Poguatron

Gangsta Al Capogue

The brick

Warlock

Trash gut

Little ogy

Ian the lion hearted

Poguey bear

Pian

Pooj

Rooster

"Call me Alex"

The e-man/woman-hater,

The Hulk,

The biscuit,

Pajama boy,

Bilbo

Hobbit