Don’t start out on the wrong foot

July 14, 2008

I work for a very large company. Many agencies and consultancies want to work with us. I met a consultant at a conference some weeks ago and we talked for a few minutes. He then reached out to me via email to ask if we could meet. I said yes and we arranged an appt. […]

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Bring your A game if you want to survive

July 14, 2008

I had to pickup a prescription for someone today at a small independent pharmacy. I didn’t know when they opened but I figured 9am was a reasonable bet. And I figured if it was 10, I could hang out and get some work done at the Starbucks down the block. I showed up at the […]

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Oh no! I’m draining the reservoirs!

July 14, 2008

I’ve been working out the low tech way for a while. A regular pair of shorts and a cotton t-shirt. I finally decided to jump into the 21st century and bought a pair of workout shorts and a t-shirt made out of some material that wicks moisture away from the body. I have to say […]

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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?…

July 12, 2008

OK folks it’s on!!! I wrote in May that we should boycott movies. They’ve gotten too expensive and the prima donna actors are rich enough. You can see my two posts on this topic here:http://adam-1001words.blogspot.com/2008/05/boycott-movies.htmlhttp://adam-1001words.blogspot.com/2008/05/movie-prices-are-set-to-rise-dont-let.html Well now the movement has doubled in size. There has been a new comment posted in support of the movie […]

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eBags, I love you but you’re actin’ weird

July 11, 2008

I have posted several times now about eBags. I like them. I like the site. I love the products. But I’ve had a couple of relationship glitches with them that I truly hope they fix. (* eBags: If you’re reading this, see my note to you below. If you’re not reading this then stop reading […]

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What the hell are they smokin’ in Ohio?

July 10, 2008

I recently wrote about an incident where an Ohio public school science teacher was fired for preaching after repeated warnings and using some sort of device to “burn” an image of a cross on the arms of several students. [See my original post.] I don’t really care what you think about religion in the public […]

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It’s your birthright

July 10, 2008

In my last post I wrote about how we size people up by asking the wrong set of questions. I suggested a few questions that I think would be better ways of truly understanding people you meet. Examples: 1) What is your life’s ambition? 2) What makes your heart sing? You can see Tom’s comment […]

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Since we’re not sniffing each other…

July 9, 2008

Have you noticed that when people meet others for the first time they tend to ask a very small set of initial questions? Where are you from? What do you do for a living? Do you know my buddy Bob? Where did you go to school? I have always felt that these were such small […]

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Stop and Shop, tear down this wall!

July 9, 2008

Every one of these automated checkout machines should be torn down. With great fanfare. Have a parade. Throw out sweets to the youngsters. Let the adults beat them with their shoes. Just like the toppled statue of Saddam. Or, you could just make them work. Not sort of. Not mostly. All the time. I have […]

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Maybe I didn’t ask the question well

July 8, 2008

I had a great day with my kids. We went to the Liberty Science Center which is a really nice museum in Jersey City. I get in for free and get free IMAX movies – a very nice corporate benefit. We then went out for dinner. During dinner, I asked the kids what their objective […]

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