by BILL WADDELL
A couple of things you might want to check out in the cultural arena ...
Over on Christian Leanings I wrote a piece that has Meg Ryan squaring off against the Godfather in the title bout. While you there you ought to poke aroound some of the other insightful pieces Mark Welch has written ... good stuff, all of it.
... and reader Cliff Allen sent in a link to a great video clip from Dan Pink with some interesting insights about motivation (and a pretty cool video no matter what you think about motivation).