I’m a big Bob Dylan fan (yes, another of the 25 things you don’t know about me). While he’s not always easy to appreciate, I don’t see how anyone can argue about his place in American music. In fact, I always use him as the acid test when people start discussing how “big” a particular artist is. The test is simple – my grandchildren’s children will still hear and be familiar with the songs of Bob Dylan as we are with the music of Bach or Irving Berlin. Can we say that about whomever we’re discussing? Continue reading
Tag Archives: management
There’s Gambling Going On Here
It amazes me how many pieces have been written over the last couple of months in which the author or the subject relays some epiphany they’ve had about the economy. Pick up today’s Times and read the business section and you’ll see what I mean. Actually, most of these great insights aren’t about the economy at all. They’re really about horrible business practices and how the current situation stems from them. I think one can pretty much sum them all up as follows: Continue reading
Filed under Huh?, Reality checks
Daylight Savings
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I don’t know about you, but this Daylight Savings time thing is brutal. My timing is all off. The dog, who has the most accurate and amazing internal clock I’ve ever seen, is confused and is demanding dinner an hour late. I’m staying up too late so the problem I’m having with the change is compounded. I mean it’s only an hour – like taking a business trip to Chicago, right? Wrong. Continue reading
Filed under Thinking Aloud, What's Going On
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