Monthly Archives: January 2010

Life Lines

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

I got a note last night from a reader who also happens to be my sister-in-law.  She’s way more tuned in than am I to some areas of pop culture (I compensate by over-learning digital, I guess).  I couldn’t tell you what’s happening on The View with a gun to my head – she’s actually gone to see them live.  Anyway, she asked me a question that got me thinking. Continue reading

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Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud

Amuse Yourselves

Amish children playing baseball, Lyndonville, ...

Sorry about being away for 2 days – duty calls, kids – not that I don’t feel as if I have an obligation to you! In any event, as I was flying about I started to think about the differences between how entertainment used to work when we were kids and how it works now.  It’s a lot more than the differences between lean back and lean forward.  It’s changed not only the nature of how we consume things but what those things are. Continue reading

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Fruits and Vegetables

organic fruit and vegetables

That’s right – Foodie Fun Friday is back and today it’s with a question – are you a fruit or a vegetable? No, this is not some veiled “don’t ask, don’t tell” thing but more a question about your approach to the world, business included. Maybe I should be asking about the color of your parachute? Continue reading

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