Archive for July, 2006

Some Lessons Just Aren’t Learned

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

A couple of months ago, a DJ at a rap station in New York City got arrested and fired from his job when, on air, he made threatening statements against the wife and child of a DJ at another radio station. Basically, he said he was going to kill this man’s wife and rape [...]

Julie’s Diner

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

There’s a restaurant I go to that’s probably, at present, my favorite restaurant locally. It’s called Julie’s Diner, in North Syracuse, and they only serve breakfast and lunch. I try to go at least twice a month for breakfast, and, since I’ve been going a long time, they know my face fairly well [...]

Lawful Activities Statute

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

I was reading an article on how there are companies across the country that are enacting policies regarding tobacco use among its employees. More specifically, instead of companies banning smoking at the workplace, they’re banning smoking period, even during an employee’s personal time.
The reason is supposedly simple; companies say health care costs are rising, [...]

Changes To My Office

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Sometimes it takes something somewhat radical to help get you kick started back into a work mode. I had been in a general malaise for a few weeks, since I got back from North Dakota, but the truth is that I was still tired from a long consulting assignment, and I just needed a [...]

Leadership Is In You

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

There are two movies that I can watch over and over. They are Armageddon and Independence Day. Each one is a science fiction movie where the overall theme is that a central or main character has to take on a special act of courage in order to save the Earth from destruction by [...]

Fourth Of July Quotes

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

On this national American holiday, I thought it would be proper to post some quotes from prominent leaders of our past, to remind us of our ultimate mission as leaders:
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Freedom is nothing else [...]

Combating Stereotypes

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

There’s a story from the Associated Press today concerning something I feel as though I’ve been fighting my entire life. It’s titled Black Men Quietly Combating Stereotypes, and it basically talks about how some black men try to live life in a certain way to help break what’s seen as traditional stereotyping of what [...]


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