5 Classic BryanAllain.com Videos

0 Comments Posted on Fri, Sep 3rd, 2010 - 07:27 am by Bryan Allain

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We’re 2 days in to the 30:30:30 project and so far we’ve raised $2,239 for wells in the Central African Republic! After you read this post, would you consider giving?

We’re taking Labor Day off here on the blog, so I thought I’d throw up a post today worthy of a 3-day weekend.

Here’s a few videos I did a couple years back. For my new readers, they’ll be completely new. For my old readers, they will be bits of nostalgia that take you back to a simpler time when men were men and when I definitely acted like a girl when I tried to drink vinegar.

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A FreshPod Update

8 Comments Posted on Thu, Sep 2nd, 2010 - 09:22 am by Bryan Allain

I had a feeling there would a lot of kinks starting a new podcast…and boy was I right.

BUT, the good news is that most of them are worked out.

10 New Things You Need to Know about The FreshPod

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What I Want For My Birthday

5 Comments Posted on Wed, Sep 1st, 2010 - 09:56 am by Bryan Allain

Not sure I’ve ever asked you guys to give towards something I’m involved in on this blog, but today that changes.

Today I’m asking for a birthday present.

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Naming Your Fantasy Team

21 Comments Posted on Tue, Aug 31st, 2010 - 07:46 am by Bryan Allain

The NFL Season starts in 10 days, which means you’re probably about to draft your fantasy team. If you’re looking for some help with that…sorry, you’re on your own.

But one thing I can help you with is naming your fantasy team. I’ve been crafting great team names for years, starting with the 1977 Fantasy Football team I drafted as an 11-month old called “I Poop Myself”.

A few years ago I created a list of DO’s and DONT’s for Christians who were trying to figure out a good name for their team. I’ve gone through and updated it in hopes that it will help some of you this season. (and at the end I even give you a list of names to use if you need some help).

Guidelines for Naming Your Fantasy Team

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Ep 001 – Shawn Smucker

11 Comments Posted on Mon, Aug 30th, 2010 - 06:34 am by Bryan Allain

Well, today’s the day I unveil the new venture I’ve been working on for the past month.

It’s Episode 1 of The FreshPod featuring an interview with author Shawn Smucker.

I’m not usually pessimistic, but I’ll be surprised if this goes off without a hitch. Getting one of the podcasts from idea in my head to file/feed on the interweb was a little more complicated than I expected.

You’ll be able to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes by the end of the week.

For now you should be able to listen to it right here in this post.

Shawn’s a great guy and a talented writer. The only thing bad I can say about him is that he was dumb enough to be the guinea pig in this experiment, but he did a great job despite my obvious deficiencies as a host. (I’ll get there eventually).

In this podcast Shawn and I talk about his creative process, his blog (which you can find here), and the Fireside Writer’s Conference (which you can find info on here).  (I’ll be speaking at the Fireside Writers Conference on How to Grow your blog from 50 to 500 subscribers…come out and heckle me if you’re not interested in the topic.)

And by all means buy a copy (or 5) of the books he’s co-written (affiliate linkage):

• Twist of Faith: The Story of Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels
• Think No Evil: Inside the Story of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting…and Beyond.

So yeah, I hope you enjoy the inaugural episode of the podcast. I have a feeling it’s gonna take a handful of episodes for me to find my stride, but I’d love for you to come along for the ride.

Here it is for you to listen to or download. I do a bit of rambling at the beginning to introduce the podcast, so if you want to skip it, Shawn’s interview starts around the 6:30 mark. The whole thing runs 24:12. Enjoy.

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