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March 7, 2011 · 12:22 pm

The Ambulance

Nissan Paramedic.

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Suppose you’re exercising and start to feel shaky.  You get kind of clammy and you’re sweating profusely.  Sure, you haven’t eaten yet and maybe you should have been drinking more water as you went, but right now you know you’re in trouble.

So you call an ambulance just to be on the safe side, especially since you feel as if you might pass out.  There are probably 100 thoughts going through your mind but one of them isn’t “will the ambulance show up” or even “will someone answer 911”, right? Continue reading →

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March 3, 2011 · 2:03 pm

Simulators

Playing Wii Sports

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Have you ever spent time on a simulator? This is the time of year when I find myself doing just that: using a treadmill instead walking in the fresh air, hitting balls on an indoor range instead of the golf course. Maybe you play Wii Sports or something using the Kinect. There are all kinds of devices which simulate a real-world experience. They have them in business too, and they suffer from the same flaws. Continue reading →

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March 1, 2011 · 9:24 am

The Forest And The Trees

Forest

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We went to the movies over the weekend and saw “Unknown.”  It’s an interesting film in many ways although it won’t be up for Best Picture next year.  Like me, it’s entertaining for the most part!

I bring this up because there’s a great visual at one point.  Imagine yourself in a forest (birch trees in the movie) and you’re walking.  The trees are somewhat impenetrable – a solid wall with very few gaps in between.  As you move forward, suddenly the trees line up – they’re in perfect rows.  You realize that you’re actually in a forest which has been planted by man and what seemed so impenetrable a moment before was, in fact, very accommodating as long as you found the point where everything lines up.  Isn’t that an executive’s job? Continue reading →

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