I'm in the midst of reading a fascinating book, "Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World" by Adam Grant. The following excerpt really caught my attention: "The hallmark of originality is rejecting the default and exploring whether a better option exists... The starting point is curiosity: pondering why the default exists in the first place. We're driven to question defaults … Continue reading Vuja De
I wrote a post a couple of months ago about Record Store day (April 16) and how I had planned to buy a few albums, and I did (special shout-out to the Rock Shop at Plymouth Meeting Mall). Here's the list: Cat Stevens: Greatest Hits Harry Chapin: Greatest Stories Live Jim Croce: Photographs and Memories, His … Continue reading Reliving My College Days, Musically
Chick-fil-A just received the highest customer satisfaction score of any fast-food chain that American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has measured over its 21-year history. The fast-food chain scored an 87 out of 100 in terms of customer satisfaction, making it not only the highest-scoring fast-food chain this year, but also the highest scoring company out … Continue reading To Patronize or To Protest
The headline comes from a story in today's Wall Street Journal about how popular the bumper car ride is at the weekly ladies-only night at the Al Shallal Theme Park in the coastal city of Jeddah. A big reason for the popularity of the ride is that it offers Saudi women the chance to drive … Continue reading Saudi Arabian Women Love Bumper Cars
This is the 65th in a collection of newspaper ads written by Harry Gray, then CEO of United Technologies, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the text from that ad. The greatest waste of our natural resources is the number of people who … Continue reading Aim So High You’ll Never Be Bored
My son Pat and I spent this past Friday walking the streets of Philadelphia, from the Jefferson Station stop of SEPTA to Spruce Street Park to South Street to Govindas for lunch to Rittenhouse Square and finally to 30th Street Station. In total, about 4.5 miles. The weather was perfect, and the company even better. … Continue reading Do Tattoos Affect Your Path in Life?
I was recently having a conversation with a friend from work who was complaining about his children's lack of a sense of direction while driving, which he blamed on their (over)use of GPS. I immediately came to the defense of his children, saying that I used Waze for just about any trip over 15 minutes … Continue reading To Waze Or Not to Waze
Take a close look at the screen shot above that shows the top result I got when I searched for Springsteen and Philadelphia. Do you notice anything new or different in this Google sponsored ad? Well today Google announced that it was changing the color of its ad tag that appears in search results, indicating … Continue reading Google Goes Green
Today, Philadelphia became the first big city in the United States to enact a soda tax! Philadelphia City Council, in a 13-4 vote, approved a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened and diet beverages. The tax is expected to raise about $91 million annually to be spent on expanding pre-kindergarten programs in the city; the creation of … Continue reading Philly 1, American Beverage Association 0
One of my colleagues at Villanova was telling me recently that he and his wife recently had their DNA tested and found the results fascinating. I then came across the following commercial from momondo, a Danish company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaEQEmt5ls When I first saw the commercial. I thought that Momondo was a DNA testing company, since that … Continue reading An Open World Begins With an Open Mind
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