(originally published March 14th, 2005) I’m a big fan of professional wrestling. I’ve been watching it since I was 10 years old, the year my dad went to Vietnam. I appreciate the talent and strength of these big men, who can do some amazing things with their bodies. As much as people think it’s fake, […]
Archive for April, 2006
(originally published March 12th, 2005) Friday was the day of my wife’s father’s funeral. During the ride from the church to the cemetary, the woman he lived with for almost 40 years asked his oldest daughter, my wife’s stepsister, if she thought he looked good, because he’d had an autopsy done and they had to […]
(originally published March 24th, 2005) I like to consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the subject of communications. I’ve done both seminars and workshops on the topic, and I’ve written about it enough in my newsletters. So it’s with a little bit of shame that I come here today and realize that I’ve missed a very […]
(originally published March 21st, 2005) For some reason, the topic of managers who want to tell you every single thing you’re supposed to be doing throughout the day, including standing over you while you try to do it, seems to be popping up all over the place. Ahmed Amir via Compfight I wrote my very […]
(originally publisehd March 18, 2005) There’s a funny thing about time; it’s the only thing in life that you can never get more of. Once you take a breath, you can’t go back in time and get another one; each breath is unique. Once you blink, you can’t go back and capture that blink; each […]