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Dark Star

I went to see the Dark Star Orchestra not long ago,  For those of you unfamiliar with DSO, they deliver what can best be described as the Grateful Dead experience, often better than The Dead themselves did.

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They play Dead shows – we saw one from May, 1972 – as the band did.  They look like them, they sound like them (and in fact are way more consistently good on a night after night basis) and if you shut your eyes, you can be at a Dead show from whatever decade they’ve chosen to present.

“Interesting,” you say, “but what’s the business point?  Good question. Continue reading

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Posts of the Year – 5

Polbo á feira with bread and wine

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It’s Friday, so it’s Foodie Fun time.  Since we’re doing the most read posts this week, here is the most read food post along with the business point it inspired.  It was called “Pulpo a la Plancha” after the dish that inspired it.  Enjoy, and have a great New Year!

To end the week, it’s pulpo. For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, that’s octopus. I have had pulpo on my mind since dinner last night and since it’s Foodie Friday I thought I’d share some of what I’ve been thinking about.
The Mrs. and I went to a tapas place last evening and there was a special of pulpo a la plancha. I’ll explain what it is in a second but I ended up ordering two plates of it and eating them both by myself. Gluttony? No, just a great business lesson. Continue reading

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Puzzling Lessons

While you have a few days off next week, maybe you’ll spend a few hours decompressing and doing a jigsaw puzzle. Here at the old homestead, the Mrs. loves these things and spends hours putting unimaginable numbers of pieces into place.  As she was trying to finish up her latest 1,500 piece project, she stood up and said something that was an excellent business point as well as a key to getting every piece into the place where it belongs.

Jigsaw Puzzle

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The more I thought about it, the more I realized the entire activity had some things for those of us with business on the brain and that’s how we’ll start the week. Continue reading

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