Hat tip to Dan Pink for this week's blog post. In this week's Pinkcast, Dan shares an idea that can help us to maximize the benefits associated with mistakes. While we can often learn from our mistakes, it is just as important to be able to move on from them, to put them behind us. … Continue reading Tiny Toilet Offers Big Results
Of course, that's assuming I am correctly interpreting the results of a study recently conducted at the University of Michigan, and that the study was conducted properly. The study, published in the journal Nature Food, is based around healthy life expectancy - the length of time a person has a good quality of life and … Continue reading If I Eat 44 Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches Every Day, I Might Live Forever…
I was watching TV the other day and the following commercial came on for the upcoming VMA awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kwzTo2ZLg After watching the commercial, I realized I did not recognize a single name. I guess that's a clear sign that I'm not staying up with the times, but if anyone out there wants to tell me … Continue reading Music Monday: Should I Be Worried That I Never Heard of Any of These Performers?
Across the U.S., colleges are getting ready to start a new academic year. For recent high school graduates, and their parents, it is a momentous occasion. For many of these students, it will be their first time away from parental supervision, and for some of the parents, it will be the first time they won't … Continue reading To Track or Not to Track?
Earlier today I decided to see what was on TV so I could just zone out for a while. Sort of the calm before the storm of classes starting on Monday. As I scrolled through my YouTube TV channel line-up, here are some of the 4:00 pm options I came across: 60 Days In - … Continue reading These Are the Kinds of TV Shows People Watch?!
Eleven years ago New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote an opinion piece titled "We're No. 1(1)!" The title was in reference to a Newsweek ranking of the 100 best countries in the world. The U.S. didn't even make the top 10; we came in at No. 11. Not bad, but it seems that for … Continue reading We’re Number 11, Again! 😦
It seems like just yesterday we were talking about Y2K problems, yet the freshmen who arrived on campus yesterday weren't even born by the time Y2K fizzled out. And it doesn't seem that long ago since I graduated from college in 1979. It's hard to imagine that was over 40 years ago. But here we … Continue reading Welcome Class of 2025!
Who doesn't like a good joke? But how many business owners make joke-telling a key part of their advertising strategy? Enter Norman the Floorman of Norman Carpet One in Bryn Mawr, PA. Norman Chaikin, owner of Norman Carpet One, has been in the flooring business for more than 40 years, and is a frequent advertiser … Continue reading Telling Jokes as Part of Your Business Plan
Being disinvited to the party of the year. I'm talking about the recent 60th birthday party bash that was recently held at Martha's Vineyard for former President Barack Obama. Originally, the guest list included 475 people, but then with the growing spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus, people were concerned with both the … Continue reading What’s Worse Than Not Being Invited to the Party of the Year?
My youngest son asked Alexa to play a song the other day, Ocean Man, and it is one of those songs that I immediately liked. I asked him how he found out about the song and he told me it was part of a meme that featured different songs set to the footage of another … Continue reading Music Monday: When Memes Collide
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