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The Cat and the Squirrel

Mao vs. Squirrel 1

I was out in the yard the other day when I heard this tremendous commotion down in the lower part of the yard.  Turns out it was a cat chasing a squirrel.  There’s a woman down the street who has a number of cats and they roam the neighborhood.  Most are pretty ordinary except one has three legs and one is as black as great coffee.  It was this black one I saw giving its all to catch the squirrel and of course the immediate thought I had, which pertains to cats and business, was what is it going to do when it catches it? Continue reading

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Potato Ricers

Potato ricer

It’s Friday and so on to something food-related. Today it’s something you might own or something of which you’ve never heard – potato ricers. For those of you in the latter camp, this kitchen tool is sort of like a huge garlic press. It’s a hand-held thing and you put the spuds into a box that holds one or two. You bring the handle over, push the cooked potatoes through a disk sort of like a meat grinder and the results can resemble rice, hence the term.
Of course, I think about ricers in terms of running a business. Continue reading

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Common Sense

A friend sent me a copy of an email that’s been around the web since 1998 which reminded me of an excellent point. This mail started out as a blog post and has been excerpted and rewritten several times and it deals with the topic of common sense. No, it has nothing to do with Thomas Paine (although his pamphlet would make great reading in today’s climate). Instead, it has to do with sound judgment and that’s what triggered my thought. Continue reading

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