In certain parts of New Yawk, one doesn’t speak of another’s mother unless one wishes to get grievously hurt. However, today let me talk to you about your mothers. My mother too. And my father, brother, sister, cousins, and other assorted relations. Yours too. You see, they’re the ones some folks seem to forget when they stop being people and put on their titles. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Where’s The Beef?
I can hear you holding your collective breath: where is today’s post? In all candor, I’m tapped out. I got nothing. Call in the reliever. It’s not as if there isn’t anything going on (with a reminder that we avoid politics). There is a new study on who clicks on online ads (fewer people than a year ago and only 8% of Internet users now account for 85% of all clicks). I have thoughts on that but there’s already been a lot written on the topic so I don’t think I have much to add. Then again, that may be a lesson in and of itself. Continue reading
Filed under Huh?, Thinking Aloud
Character Guys
This was a big sports weekend. Baseball playoffs going (let’s go Yankees), the NFL is heating up, NASCAR is halfway through its championship series of races, college football is getting interesting (Michigan wins it all in 2010 – you’ll see!), The President’s Cup was contested (and was closer than the results would have you think), the US qualified for The World Cup, and the NHL is back in action. As I was watching almost all of the aforementioned sporting activity (now you know why I work in sports!), I got to thinking about one guy who is common to each of those teams. Nope, not the fan, although we OUGHT to be front and center on each of them. I have another guy in mind. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 