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
Category: humor
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
Taste the (One Flavor) Rainbow
A shout out to my blogging friend Brad, for making me aware of this story. Brad is a gifted poet, and you can find his poems at commonsensiblyspeaking. The story he sent me is not the kind of nonsense you would find on his blog, but everything is fair game on Borden's Blather. The story … Continue reading Taste the (One Flavor) Rainbow
How Receptive Are You to Bullshit?
There was an article in today's WSJ paper that looked at the impact of our mood on decision making. While there were some interesting findings, what really caught my eye was mention of something known as the bullshit recpetivity scale. Behavioral scientist Gordon Pennycook and colleagues have conducted many studies of people’s reactions to meaningless, … Continue reading How Receptive Are You to Bullshit?
The WSJ Mansion Section May Be of the People, But It’s Not For the People
It is one of the more well-known lines from Lincoln's Gettysburg address: "government of the people, by the people, for the people, ..." Those words, well at least some of them. came rushing back to me as I looked through this week's Real Estate section of the Wall Street Journal. fittingly known as The Mansion. … Continue reading The WSJ Mansion Section May Be of the People, But It’s Not For the People
Let’s See If Less Is More…
The following email, and subsequent response from Dan Ariely, were originally 156 words; I've cut it to 97 words, a decrease of almost 38%. Dear Dan, For years, I’ve been organizing a charity event for an animal rescue organization. Every year people tell me I’ve outdone myself, and it’s starting to feel like an expectation … Continue reading Let’s See If Less Is More…
More Free Publicity for Wawa!
Normally, I don't like to write about the same topic this close together, but I figured this was a legitimate exception because of the timing of the topic. A few days ago I wrote a blog: Kate Winslet and I Share an Unbreakable Bond – Wawa, in which I noted that the Netflix show Mare of … Continue reading More Free Publicity for Wawa!
I Guess This Was Bound to Happen
I thought I had hit pay dirt. A driving experience and a comment from a colleague this week each gave me an idea for a blog post. Since such ideas are usually in short supply, I was quite excited. The first came to me while I was out driving and I came to what I … Continue reading I Guess This Was Bound to Happen
How Wonderful It Would Be to See the World the Way Kids See It
Advertising firm Wieden + Kennedy and toymaker Fisher-Price are trying to reawaken the wonder that adults should have for children’s ability to play, to make ordinary things playthings, to make the everyday world a fantasy place. To make toys out of anything. The new ad campaign is part of Fisher-Price’s Let’s be Kids platform, the brand’s … Continue reading How Wonderful It Would Be to See the World the Way Kids See It
Kate Winslet and I Share an Unbreakable Bond – Wawa
I've written about Wawa many times before, even devoting an entire blog post to this nearly mythical convenience store. Here is the opening to that blogpost: If you haven’t heard of Wawa, then just imagine what the ultimate convenience store would be like, and that’s Wawa. It’s better than 7-Eleven, Sheetz, or any regional convenience … Continue reading Kate Winslet and I Share an Unbreakable Bond – Wawa
Borden's Blather 