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Emperors And Their Outfits

Cover of "The Emperor's New Clothes"

Everyone has run into an emperor at some point. You know – the person who lords over his or her minions and possesses infallibility in all things both work and life related. So here is the question with which we start the week.   Are you the tailor or are you the kid? Continue reading

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Jury Duty

Scales of Justice

From time to time, we all get the notice that we’re to appear for jury duty.  Like many of you, I would postpone that appearance and then pray that when I was supposed to go, court would be canceled or my chair would be filled by other citizens with more time on their hands.  However, I got called in last week and actually ended up on a trial.  Obviously I can’t tell you anything about it. However, I do have a couple of observations that my civic duty has brought forward. Continue reading

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Stoopid

Image representing RIAA, Recording Industry As...

I’ll admit that I’m not the brightest guy in the world but it’s apparent even to me that suing your customers is a bad idea no matter what business you’re in.  When you’re in a business that is struggling due to a sea-change in the economic model under which you’ve operated, alienating the customer is tantamount to suicide.  And yet… Continue reading

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