Monthly Archives: March 2012
Would you rather have one all-star or an all-star team?
This weekend, my 7 and 8 year old girl’s basketball team played a team that had destroyed us in our two prior meetings. Their team has two girls that are both at least 3 inches taller than any of our … Continue reading
Is honesty really dying?
On Saturday of this past weekend, I was running down the street when I noticed a credit card in the running lane. I stopped and went back and noticed two more along with it. So I picked them up, ran … Continue reading
There are two types of people…
I read this joke in a Michael Walsh column from a few days ago, and I thought it made an important point worth sharing: It seems there were two subsistence farmers, Ivan and Mikhail, both equally poor. Then one day, … Continue reading
The fallacy of “electability”
For many Republican primary voters, their choice in 2012 all comes down to who they think is “electable.” Some people listen to pundits who proclaim so-and-so is not electable. Or they listen to polls taken right now that say head-to-head, … Continue reading
Just bad marketing – even for scammers
Last Sunday morning, I was awakened by the buzzing of my cell phone as I received a text at 5:53 am. The text was from VIPStockPicks, and they were advertising that if I was one of the first 777 people … Continue reading
Interview etiquette
Today, I sat in on a group interview with a candidate who is hoping to fill an open position in our marketing department. Two of the people on my team who were in the room, on the interviewer side, had … Continue reading
