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All about what we do at Mind Sprocket, and that seems to be quite a bit.

How to Discover America

by Lindsey Charlton on November 1, 2009

Note: For an article on how to discover the world, scroll to the bottom of this post.
My husband and I returned from a 9,500-mile road trip not too long ago. We didn’t quite “drop everything and go” but we sure did leave it all behind for the four weeks we were gone. Jobs, friends, and […]

Cheers, Mr. McCourt

by Jacqueline on August 10, 2009

Frank McCourt died this month. I purposefully waited to announce my grief.
Grief isn’t timely. She conjures up old memories and feelings. Grief causes nostalgia.
On the day I found out he died, I arrived home from work, and walked straight back into my bedroom, to my bookshelf, and found my 12-year-old copy […]

The Latest in Publishing

by Lindsey Charlton on July 16, 2009

The Mind Sprocket staff has been so wrapped up in Documenting the Unseen that we haven’t been pushing as hard for pieces to publish on the website. Thankfully, we’ve pulled ourselves together and returned to our roots long enough to get not just any writing, but some HUMOR writing on the site!
We welcome warmly […]

Documenting the Unseen on Amazon!

by Edward Atkinson on May 31, 2009

You can now buy our latest book on Amazon!

Strawberry Shortcake Forever …

by Lindsey Charlton on May 14, 2009

So much for cozy soups and hot chocolates … it’s been getting downright hot and sunny here in the DC area lately, which means that it’s time for strawberries! There are so many things to do with strawberries … jam, bread, on ice cream, in a milkshake, in boring grain cereal … and […]

by Lindsey Charlton on April 28, 2009

… She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose […]

Stunning digital recreations of statistics

by Edward Atkinson on April 1, 2009

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php
These photos are visual creations of the actual things represented by statistics.
“My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 […]

Final print draft shipped & up for sale soon!

by Edward Atkinson on March 27, 2009

Yesterday, the final print draft of Documenting the Unseen was shipped! We should have it in our hands by Monday at the latest, Saturday at the earliest.
If this version is printed without a problem, then we’ll publish it and put it up for sale immediately! The first people to know when Documenting the Unseen is […]

Places

by Jacqueline on March 26, 2009

Lily girl told her mother she didn’t know place,
that place marked a spot to stand.
She said, “Mama, you can find grits anywhere,”
and took off West.
Weeks later Mama’s standing in the kitchen
Filling Lily’s spot with extra dishes,
a letter comes from California
and she’s begging for a package:
“Grits, biscuits, and honey, please.
Mama, the people are real nice,
but they […]

Off the Beaten Path

by Lindsey Charlton on March 24, 2009

This morning I had every intention of stopping at Starbucks on my way to work. There’s one really close to my office, so once I’m safely past the rush hour traffic, I can take it easy with my coffee and a bagel or whatever until I have to be at the office. So that was […]

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