Want to know where your kids are? I’ve been experimenting with a new program called Glympse, which is based on Microsoft’s Bing. It’s easy to use, and it’s free. All you need is a smart phone. Go to www.glympse.com
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Glympse
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Want To Go to the Moon with Your Kids?
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Go to www.MoonZoo.org
Should High Schools Be Providing Coffee for Students?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010I saw on the Austin news last night that several Round Rock area high schools are providing before-school coffee shops to make school more pleasant for the children, and reduce tardiness. One parent said that providing cappuccinos and lattes helps the kids concentrate. (Guess I was underprivileged to have made it through high school without them). Yet these are the same schools that are struggling with their budgets. Hmmmm. Can’t imagine why they’re broke.
Yet Another Reason to Monitor Where Your Kids Go on the Internet
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Your Kids are Your Own Fault
Friday, January 29th, 2010
My colleague Larry Winget, best known for his book “Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life”, has just released a new one that’s bound to be another best seller. In his trademark no-nonsense form, Larry says kids today are “overmedicated, overindulged, overweight, overentertained, undereducated, underachieving, underdisciplined, disrespectful, illiterate brats with a sense of entitlement that is crippling society.” Wish I had said that.
“We’re Going to Stop Shooting Skeet and Start Shooting iPhones!”
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
My Magic Beretta that Never Misses
My brother-in-law and I took three of our nephews from Georgia skeet shooting yesterday. Despite the fact that we drove an hour to take them to the nicest gun club in Tennessee (where the governor goes to shoot), and the fact that I allowed them to use my beloved Beretta 12 gauge over-under that I bought at the world headquarters of Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri, two of them were text messaging between rounds. I was appalled and speechless, but my brother-in-law got their attention when he said, “We’re going to stop shooting skeet and start shooting iPhones. I’ll throw out the next one I see, and Glenn, you shoot”. No more iPhones were to be seen. 
How to Learn Text-Messaging Lingo If You’re Over 30
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Go to www.TeenChatDecoder.com
Down and Out on Halloween
Sunday, November 1st, 2009Halloween was slow in our neighborhood last night, perhaps because of rain and cold weather. After we thought all the trick-or-treaters were done, we got a knock at our door around 9:00 pm. A little boy and his two sisters stood there without costumes, and didn’t look like they were from around our neighborhood. I could see their Mom in the car, and surmised that they probably weren’t doing so well financially, and figured they’d make the rounds to clean up on free candy.
All three of the kids were shy but very polite, and were careful not to take too much candy when I offered it. I explained that we had plenty, and that they were probably to last trick-or-treaters for the night, and to load up. They did, and even said thank you.
It made me think. While candy is admittedly not the best thing for them, what a great way for someone who might be struggling to feed her kids to get them free goodies. If people are giving it away all night, and there will obviously be some left over, I think what she was doing was pretty resourceful. I certainly like it better than the government giving it away. They’d probably pay $20 for a Milky Way bar, and then raise my taxes to pay for it.
Feedback on the Video of the Car Giveaway
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009(If you missed the video, click here to see it: http://www.glennshepard.com/video/jag8-4-09b.htm )
Jaguar Giveaway
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Glenn,
God Bless you!
Need I say more?
Kristina Czerniachowicz
American Securities, LLC
The Chrysler Center
666 Third Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York
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Glenn,
Thank you, thank you for always reminding us that it is better to give than to receive! I have just finished Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University even though we am not in debt and are saving for retirement and I am so thankful that successful folks like you and he are willing to help people with your God-given talents AND are courageous in spreading the truth, that it is by Grace we receive and not of ourselves. Thank you for your work ethic and for your willingness to share your talents and your humbleness in knowing where your strength lies. May you be richly blessed as you bless others.
Because He Lives,
Robin Peregrim
P.S. I have now had the opportunity to listen to your Time Management teleseminar which I purchased on CD. As I knew before I even heard it, it was soooooooooooooooooo packed with great information. I plan to pass it on to my son, who is a full time farmer working on our family farm, and my daughter who is a business manager for a local school district, as well as my husband and, of course, I plan to listen to it a few more times myself.
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That is the coolest thing I have seen done in a while. You always amaze me.
Your Friend,
Eddie Brittain
Cherokee Church
Johnson City, Tennessee
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WOW! What a wonderful blessing you created! I’m in tears – and thrilled for everyone involved! You are such a gem of a heart-based man - Thank you on behalf of all life on this planet!!
With our love,
Judith and Jim
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Wow! It appears you are listening “when God speaks.”
Kay Penn
Staley Credit Union
Decatur, Illinois
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Glenn Shepard you are truly a blessed man! I was fortunate enough to attend one of your seminars….and because of that class, I too became more blessed! I enjoy my emails from you! During my work career of almost 30 years, I have worked for small and large corporations in a management position and would recommend any owner, CEO, HR, president, or management personnel to attend just one of your seminars to truly be able to call themselves team leaders! You are a breath of fresh air! Thanks for your continued education you provide for me and my team weekly!
Lori Sanders
Bond, James Bond, Inc
Montgomery, Alabama
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Glenn,
What a difference you have made in her and her child’s life. Thanks so much for sharing with me. This kind of stuff always chokes me up. God Bless you!!!
Marilyn G. Wallis
KHOZ Station Manager
Harrison, Arkansas
Branson, Missouri
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Glenn,
Just another reason why I believe you are a God-sent man. Thank you for taking care of that woman’s needs, and for giving back some of your blessings. You are awesome, Glenn. Although we don’t KNOW each other, I am glad to know you – for that, it makes ME a better person.
Enjoy your day,
Michelle Lafond
Jacksonville, Florida
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Glenn is such an incredible human being! In my daily madness called “work” (collections) it is so nice to take a break and read his emails. I look forward to them. I always take something away from each one and try to apply it in my life. Thanks for reminding us that there are still lots of good people all around us that keep us uplifted in this crazy world! You “pay it forward” very well!
Reci Taylor
Raleigh, North Carolina
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This is wonderful…..sharing blessings with others. Apparently you get it!!! This is true Christianity. Truly, it is more blessed to give, than to receive. Great email. Thanks so much,
Brenda
Insouth Bank
Brownsville, Tennessee
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Glenn,
Thanks for sharing the giving away of your baby. I did not know (for sure) that you were a Christian. God love’s a cheerful giver.
Best Regards
Walter Joncas
Hy-Save ECT
Cazenovia, New York
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Hi Glenn,
Thanks for sharing!
It did bring a tear to my eye to see her receive a gift – knowing there were no strings attached.
Glenn – I know you did this out of the goodness of your heart – I also believe good things will come to the woman who received it as well as those who were there and who are able to see the video.
Here is hoping that others get in the giving mood and “pay it forward” as you have shown my friend.
Thanks again for sharing – it is awesome.
Sincerely,
Ed Church
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Glenn – Your generosity is inspiring and will be rewarded 10 fold ….. you truly are motivational – not only as a speaker but in your actions.
Warm Regards,
Faith MacPherson
Director, HR Transactional Services
Avery Dennison
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Glenn,
Thank you for sharing and thank you for being such a blessing. I had nominated my daughter who has since purchased her own car and was blessed in getting an almost new car for a really great deal.
I appreciate you.
-Cheryl in Canada
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This was just so very awesome. I had tears in my eyes watching this. There are so many people struggling with just everyday life. I know that God is awesome and he has blessed you, Glenn, to bless others.
Carol Jackson
Patient Financial Services Supervisor
The Community Healthcare System
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That was a good thing you did and you will be blessed for it, wish there were more people doing things like this.
Brian K. Shelton
General Manager
Jack Ingram Nissan
Birmingham, Alabama
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I just watched the video. I am very proud of Glenn for being not only generous but consistantly displaying sound judgement and appropriate compassion! Bravo Zulu!
Natalie R Ventura
President
American Roofing Concepts
Charleston, South Carolina
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Way to go Glenn! You’re a good man.
Stephen Abt
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Thanks for sharing your video. It gives me a warm feeling to know that through all these hard times people like you are there to make it a little easier for someone deserving.
Bless you,
Pat Schwemer
Office Manager
Canal Cartage Company
Houston, Texas
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“What a wonderful feeling”. I feel blessed just knowing you did this.
Congratulations,
Mike Duesterbeck
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Awesome video. Thanks for making a difference in your church and especially in this servant’s life. I enjoyed your seminar, have learned a lot from your program, and enjoy and learn from your e-mails. Have a blessed day!
Chuck Dale-Derks
McClure Engineering
St. Louis, Missouri
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All I can say is Praise God and Hallelujah! You have given and it SHALL be given onto you good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over shall MAN give unto your bosom. I thank God that we can give as we are giving unto HIM.
I have goose bumps after watching the video, they are still here!!!
I would love to visit your church!!!
Love in Christ,
Linda Yourczek
Beltrami, Minnesota
100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009By Nathan Barry
There are some things in this world that will never be forgotten, this week’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing for one. But Moore’s Law and our ever-increasing quest for simpler, smaller, faster and better widgets and thingamabobs will always ensure that some of the technology we grew up with will not be passed down the line to the next generation of geeks.That is, of course, unless we tell them all about the good old days of modems and typewriters, slide rules and encyclopedias …
Audio-Visual Entertainment
1.Inserting a VHS tape into a VCR to watch a movie or to record something.
2.Super-8 movies and cine film of all kinds.
3.Playing music on an audio tape using a personal stereo. See what happens when you give a Walkman to todays teenager.
4.The number of TV channels being a single digit. I remember it being a massive event when Britain got its fourth channel.
5.Standard-definition, CRT TVs filling up half your living room.
6.Rotary dial televisions with no remote control. You know, the ones where the kids were the remote control.
7.High-speed dubbing.
8.8-track cartridges.
9.Vinyl records. Even today’s DJs are going laptop or CD.
10.Betamax tapes.
11.MiniDisc.
12.Laserdisc: the LP of DVD.
13.Scanning the radio dial and hearing static between stations. (Digital tuners + HD radio bork this concept.)
14.Shortwave radio.
15.3-D movies meaning red-and-green glasses.
16.Watching TV when the networks say you should. Tivo and Sky+ are slowing killing this one.
17.That there was a time before ‘reality TV.’
Computers and Videogaming
18.Wires. OK, so they’re not gone yet, but it won’t be long
19.The scream of a modem connecting.
20.The buzz of a dot-matrix printer
21.5- and 3-inch floppies, Zip Discs and countless other forms of data storage.
22.Using jumpers to set IRQs.
23.DOS.
24.Terminals accessing the mainframe.
25.Screens being just green (or orange) on black.
26.Tweaking the volume setting on your tape deck to get a computer game to load, and waiting ages for it to actually do it.
27.Daisy chaining your SCSI devices and making sure they’ve all got a different ID.
28.Counting in kilobytes.
29.Wondering if you can afford to buy a RAM upgrade.
30.Blowing the dust out of a NES cartridge in the hopes that it’ll load this time.
31.Turning a PlayStation on its end to try and get a game to load.
32.Joysticks.
33.Having to delete something to make room on your hard drive.
34.Booting your computer off of a floppy disk.
35.Recording a song in a studio.
The Internet
36.NCSA Mosaic.
37.Finding out information from an encyclopedia.
38.Using a road atlas to get from A to B.
39.Doing bank business only when the bank is open.
40.Shopping only during the day, Monday to Saturday.
41.Phone books and Yellow Pages.
42.Newspapers and magazines made from dead trees.
43.Actually being able to get a domain name consisting of real words.
44.Filling out an order form by hand, putting it in an envelope and posting it.
45.Not knowing exactly what all of your friends are doing and thinking at every moment.
46.Carrying on a correspondence with real letters, especially the handwritten kind.
47.Archie searches.
48.Gopher searches.
49.Concatenating and UUDecoding binaries from Usenet.
50.Privacy.
51.The fact that words generally don’t have num8er5 in them.
52.Correct spelling of phrases, rather than TLAs.
53.Waiting several minutes (or even hours!) to download something.
54.The time before botnets/security vulnerabilities due to always-on and always-connected PCs
55.The time before PC networks.
56.When Spam was just a meat product — or even a Monty Python sketch.
Gadgets
57.Typewriters.
58.Putting film in your camera: 35mm may have some life still, but what about APS or disk?
59.Sending that film away to be processed.
60.Having physical prints of photographs come back to you.
61.CB radios.
62.Getting lost. With GPS coming to more and more phones, your location is only a click away.
63.Rotary-dial telephones.
64.Answering machines.
65.Using a stick to point at information on a wallchart
66.Pay phones.
67.Phones with actual bells in them.
68.Fax machines.
69.Vacuum cleaners with bags in them.
Everything Else
70.Taking turns picking a radio station, or selecting a tape, for everyone to listen to during a long drive.
71.Remembering someone’s phone number.
72.Not knowing who was calling you on the phone.
73.Actually going down to a Blockbuster store to rent a movie.
74.Toys actually being suitable for the under-3s.
75.LEGO just being square blocks of various sizes, with the odd wheel, window or door.
76.Waiting for the television-network premiere to watch a movie after its run at the theater.
77.Relying on the 5-minute sport segment on the nightly news for baseball highlights.
78.Neat handwriting.
79.The days before the nanny state.
80.Starbuck being a man.
81.Han shoots first.
82.“Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.” But they’ve already seen episode III, so it’s no big surprise.
83.Kentucky Fried Chicken, as opposed to KFC.
84.Trig tables and log tables.
85.“Don’t know what a slide rule is for …”
86.Finding books in a card catalog at the library.
87.Swimming pools with diving boards.
88.Hershey bars in silver wrappers.
89.Sliding the paper outer wrapper off a Kit-Kat, placing it on the palm of your hand and clapping to make it bang loudly. Then sliding your finger down the silver foil of break off the first finger
90.A Marathon bar (what a Snickers used to be called in Britain).
91.Having to manually unlock a car door.
92.Writing a check.
93.Looking out the window during a long drive.
94.Roller skates, as opposed to blades.
95.Cash
96.Libraries as a place to get books rather than a place to use the internet.
97.Spending your entire allowance at the arcade in the mall.
98.Omni Magazine
99.A physical dictionary — either for spelling or definitions.
100.When a ‘geek’ and a ‘nerd’ were one and the same.