NBA Tournament
As we get ready for the Big Dance I was thinking about the NCAA tournament versus the NBA playoffs. One evokes excitement while the other …
Category: THOUGHTS
Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor
Drawing on his experiences picking up roadkill, feeding swine, and castrating a lamb with his teeth, Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, discusses …
Bailouts, Bailouts, Everywhere, and Not a Cent to Spend
RedPlanetCartoons hit it again with Bailout Fatigue. Where does it end. How long before we have companies intentionally tanking just so the government will bail …
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope your day is festive and that you have much to be thankful for… If you think you know everything about Thanksgiving, try this …
The Politics of New Coke
Years ago Coca-Cola changed the formula of their signature product: Coke because they were losing market share. They assumed they were losing customers to Pepsi …
Flying…. Again
Flew to Seattle this morning. Flying lately brings out some of my pet peeves regarding customer service. Coach flying has almost reached the same frustration …
U.S. Financial Mess – Where Did It Start?
You know, we (I’m guessing you’re not that different from me) get a boatload of “stuff” in our email in-boxes on a regular basis. All …
Remote Control Pilots Suffer Stress
This shouldn’t be a surprise but the article acts like it is. “The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, …
Reality Hosts Really Hosting Emmys
This is news. The five hosts nominated in the new Emmy category – reality TV host – will preside over the September 21 Emmy broadcast. …
Kudzu Gas = Kudzunol
Now this is what I call innovation. Take an item that no one wants and turn it into a product that everyone needs. If you …
Random Thoughts
Quote of the day: A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. – Thomas Jefferson …
Malice or Stupidity?
One of my favorite quotes is Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. But yesterday I found this …