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Keep Calm and Carry On

Mondays are always interesting.  I’d find I could gauge how interesting they were going to be based on the response I got when I asked “how was your weekend.”  It was a pretty direct correlation – the more interesting the weekend, the more difficult Monday was going to be.  I think it was kind of like starting a car after it had been in the garage for a while.  Your work brain was put to bed for a couple of days and starting it back up was harder if you’d really managed to enjoy yourself extensively.

Fridays used to be interesting as well, especially late Friday afternoons.  We had a running joke that anything bad that was going to happen during a week began right after 3p on a Friday.  Which of course made Monday all the more interesting.  The point? Continue reading

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Heavy Research

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I tried to catch up on a backlog of reading over the weekend since I was in no shape to do much of anything else. One of the piles contained this month’s Wired Magazine and I had to good sense in the midst of my delirium to tear out an item that caught my eye. For those of you playing along with our home game, it’s on page 18 of the April 2011 issue and is called “Heavy Research.” Besides reminding us of a fundamental part of real journalism it also makes an excellent business point as well. Continue reading

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That Smell

Tandoori Chicken, Mumbai

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The Mrs. and I went out for dinner the other night and since it’s Foodie Friday I thought that could serve as our food-related jumping off point.  It was an Indian restaurant, the latest branch of an excellent group.  We’ve eaten in two of their other places in nearby towns and were kind of excited to try something only a few minutes’ drive away.

The food was excellent – generous portions that were well prepared.  The service was good as well so you’re not going to get another customer service rant today.  However, we probably won’t be eating there again and the reason why is instructive. Continue reading

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