TBWAIN - AKA Jeff Svare's Blog

Treat your staff like they are stupid. Whenever you want to get get feedback from "the best in the business" — don't ask anyone on your staff for their input. This proves you are superior to them as you don't suffer from the same preconceptions (understanding the scope of the project), prejudices (experience), or lack of vision (ideas on how to make things better).

No, not Lego Christmas — Christus . As in Bertel Thorvaldsen 's iconic masterwork . But this one isn't marble, plaster, or even fiberglass. It's made out of Legos. 30 thousand Legos. The parish priest, Per Wilder, started the project in the fall of 2007, and received help in building it from members of the community as well as students from the local school. I've had the opportunity to see the original in Vor Frue church in Copenhagen, and the plaster model at the Thorvaldsen Museum . Here's a link to the article (with more pictures) in Aftonbladet . A Google map showing the location of the church is here . Just in case you want to drop by and see it.

I was checking my Facebook notifications tonight and saw this surprising item listed there. I'm fairly certain that the POTUS and I aren't cousins, but I had to check, just in case I had missed something. So I looked, and what did I find? This: No. I don't think so. I'm so glad Wednesday was April Fool's Day . Otherwise, I may have had cause to worry.