Given how much the WordPress blogging community means to me, I wanted you to be the first ones to know. It was me. The Wall Street Journal has an article in this week's Mansion section with the headline: Mystery Buyer Pays $157.5 Million for Two Condos on New York’s Billionaires’ Row Well, mystery solved. I … Continue reading OK, You Heard It Here First. It Was Me.
Category: Blogging
Learning from Our Mistakes
Seth Godin had a wonderful post earlier this week. Titled Lessons learned the hard way, Godin talks about the value of learning from our mistakes. Here is the full post: It will be a long time before I spell “handkerchief” incorrectly. That’s because in third grade, I lost the entry round of the spelling bee … Continue reading Learning from Our Mistakes
Music Monday: A Hidden Gem Discovered in a Geico Commercial
As I have written many times before, unlike most people, I am a fan of commercials. I love the skill that is required to put together a meaningful message in 30-60 seconds. And sometimes you get lucky, like I did this week when I dug a little bit into the background of a recent Geico … Continue reading Music Monday: A Hidden Gem Discovered in a Geico Commercial
Dear Spammers: How About Just a Little Bit of Effort
Just about every bloggerhas gotten a comment similar to the following: "Hello sir/madam your website looks awesome please help me out to create like this. My website is.... Thank you for your support" Usually, I pay no attention to such comments, but this one stood out because of the salutation. I don't know if this … Continue reading Dear Spammers: How About Just a Little Bit of Effort
Is There Room for Another Dad Who Knows How to Do Stuff?
Rob Kenney’s father left him and his seven siblings when he was fourteen years old, and the youngest had to fend for themselves. He wished that he had someone who could teach him the basics—how to tie a tie, jump-start a car, unclog a drain, use tools properly—as well as succeed in life. But he … Continue reading Is There Room for Another Dad Who Knows How to Do Stuff?
Friday Fallacy: If By Whiskey
This may or may not become a semi-regular feature on Fridays. It depends on how many fallacies I find interesting enough to write about. I have been fascinated by the world of behavioral economics for several years now, and always enjoy learning something new, especially when it comes to our cognitive biases. Dan Ariely mentioned … Continue reading Friday Fallacy: If By Whiskey
My College Students Keep Me Young…
One of the benefits of being around college students all the time is that I have a better chance of being up-to-date on pop culture. And today's class was a perfect example. I had asked students to go into their Zoom breakout rooms and to come up with a list of people or companies who … Continue reading My College Students Keep Me Young…
It’s Nice to Know We Are All in This Together
It's the big night. The finale of Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet. It was the first time we decided to stay up and watch the newest episode as soon as it was released, 10:00 pm on Sunday evening on HBO Max. Well, it seems like a lot of other people had the same idea. … Continue reading It’s Nice to Know We Are All in This Together
Some Unusual Phobias
I could have put a number in my headline, like "23" or "17", but I wasn't in the mood for clickbait 🙂 I came a cross a link from Prevention Magazien the other day titled "29 Weird Phobias That Really Do Exist", but it was one of those articles that each of the phobias was … Continue reading Some Unusual Phobias
Kind of Cool, Kind of Scary
I have one of my British blogging colleagues, Clive, of the wonderful site Take It Easy, to thank for the idea for today's post. Clive had left a comment on my recent blog about Skittles by mentioning that he would stick to his wine gums and Fruit Pastilles. I replied by saying I had never … Continue reading Kind of Cool, Kind of Scary
Borden's Blather 