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Jersey Boys
I feel compelled to issue a personal thank you to Mr. Clint Eastwood for making this movie. Quite honestly I think it is the finest movie he’s ever directed. I know the people who vote behind the scenes for the…
Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt 6 – Al Gore Milton Syndrome
Please read Part 5 first So, you toiled away writing your book, had it professionally edited, and it bombed. I don’t mean it only sold 10 copies because your marketing effort was worthless, I mean you sent it out for…
Wild Child
Oddly enough “Wild Child” is a truly rewarding movie to watch. Given the non-existent description found on CafeDVD site, I have to believe I added it to my list because I recognized some names. What? You don’t decide at the…
The Debacle Which is Yahoo Finance
In the annals of Web design mistakes the recent redesign of Yahoo Finance deserves its own History Channel episode in their “Engineering Disasters” series. Granted Yahoo’s troubles are no secret in the financial world. To some it appeared management was…
Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt. 5 – Failure is Success Waiting to Happen
There have been quite a few news stories over the past year. Mainly interviews with billionaires who have taken the Warren Buffet pledge. They focus on the differences between MBAs and Entrepreneurs. An MBA is a short sighted creature, dim…
Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt. 5a
Your greatest tool as a writer is the ability to seek out the odd and absurd. Great stories don’t come from an ordinary life, but the extraordinary things that happen yet seem like nothing at the time. This weekend a…
Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt. 4 – The Water Powered Car
Ah, you saw that title and instantly thought of people wearing Armadillo hats and putting tin foil in the roof of their vehicles/homes “to keep the spy signals out” didn’t you? Admit it. Culturally we’ve been conditioned to associate that…