Good-bye to the archaic notion that "you can't teach an old dog new tricks!" We, like dogs, love to play games. We love physical games, like American football, soccer, or children's tag, and mind games, like chess, Hangman, or Tic-tac-toe; we even like entirely make-believe games, like racing simulators, first-person shooters, role-playing fantasies or online social networking.

I ask this question because I hear this term thrown around a lot, and it many cases, the word “creative” has been abused and misused. And while I had originally planned to write a detailed argument against its many wrong meanings or applications, I will keep my response to the question brief and just say that creative does not mean artistic. Good art requires creativity, yes, but creativity is not inherently art.

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

Sure, there are a lot of smart folks, in every market and on every site contributing smart, humorous, and timely input, but for the hordes of other folks who are more interested in the act of clattering than by the exchange of honest information, I am against the digital destruction of communication that is blogging. Therefore, it is my stated goal that I will only write here if I have something significant to share and relevant to offer up, that I will present it in a clear and concise manner, and that I will listen to those who wish to provide input or grow the conversation.