I am usually way behind the technology curve. I still have a rotary phone. I thought “blog” was Minnesotan for “big Log” You know, “bring the blogs down here and leave the smlogs up there.” Fortunately or unfortunately, my friend Randy Elrod came back, got me and dragged me kidding and screaming over the textans and the blogs and smlogs …
Like, you know, I don’t know!
This is not a political blog and not a political statement. This is in no way a condemnation of Caroline Kennedy. This is a warning from someone who cares about communicators. If you want to be taken seriously as a communicator, banish the sophomoric, useless words “Like” and “you know” from your vocabulary. Those words do nothing but distract from …
The great canoe race
A crazy friend sent this piece by e-mail. I tried to find the author. It’s too bad I couldn’t. I wanted to shake his hand and convince him to run for President. A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach …
Travel Light!
Once I went to see a therapist. You know I’m crazy anyway so there’s nothing to hide. I told him that since my last visit I was feeling a little anxious and unable to cope with some of the stuff in my life. He smiled, he always smiled, leaned back in his chair and said. “Ken people come in here …
How to double cross a vampire
I love the old “creature features.” -especially the vampire ones. They portrayed a subtle message of hope that is missing in many of the dark, graphic films of today. Okay, back off! I don’t believe there are such things as vampires. Even if there were, they wouldn’t be a threat to any person of average intelligence. Just Follow a few …