Are you a communications professional? Do you think like a lawyer? Are you young, or just young at heart?
If this were yesterday, you could have gone to Peanutweeter.com and enjoyed the pairing of one frame from the classic Charles Schultz Peanuts strip with a somewhat random Tweet. These little connections, injecting an old piece of creative expression with a really current connection to our times, would have made your day better. Charles Schultz...
Some words, like icebergs, only show 10% of their meaning above the water. “Guru” is one of those words that seem nice, positive, valuable. When used in the workplace, though, it’s that big hidden part under the surface that will sink your career-ship. Just to disambiguate the word, here’s Wikipedia. [Side note, Wikipedia uses...
How many times have you met someone, recognized them as part of a type, treated them according to that type, and gotten responses that are entirely consistent with that type? Do you get to know someone, but still think of them as an amalgam of preconceptions based on education, profession, clothing style, ethnic background,...
Not necessarily. You could be anti-immigration for racist reasons, or out of “cultural-erosion” fears. Or, if you believe most immigrants are non-working, non-consuming entities who will somehow place a cost on the system, you could believe that free enterprise needs the support of the powerful state to control market conditions. But otherwise, yeah....
There is a big discussion going on about whether the Pope should be held responsible for a certain pedophile priest. Apparently the (not-pope-at-the-time) knew something, had some administrative responsibility, and took some kind of action. I don’t think we really know what he knew, when he knew it, or whether what he did constitutes...
I saw this movie as a child. It came in 1963, but as I saw it on television, it must have been later. Whatever age I was, my brother was three younger. I can remember, after watching the movie, creeping my hand towards him from around corners, down from the top of the bunk-bed,...
After all, Michael Bay KNOWS IT SUCKS. But he's counting his money and laughing at us as we sit through it anyway.
Just because I don’t attend church doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate religions. I like religions. I like spirituality, and for most people the best place to find that is in church. (or equivalent). What I don’t like is the “one true” mentality. The Bible clearly says that God wants everyone to make it. (see...
I’ve been looking for a new roommate, which can be a painful process. Like dating, but without any possibility of sex. I was corresponding with one woman, who seemed really interested, and she asked me my age. I told her. She said, and I quote: “Thank you for your honesty, but…” WTF? Okay, there...
We Need a New Word for Bad Movies
But there are degrees of badness within the Michael Bay category. Pearl Harbor was so bad they wrote a song about it. And Transformers 2: ROTFL, hurt.
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