March 2009

BREAKING NEWS – New Excuse for Husbands!

March 27, 2009

To my lovely wife, You know all those times you asked me to dust around the house, change the filters or vacuum? I can no longer, in good conscience, do those chores any more (you may question if I even did those things to begin with). I know you’ll say it’s because I’m lazy. But [...]

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Baby Boomer Bottleneck

March 25, 2009

I ran into this transcript of a radio editorial by Dan Drezner about boomers and retirement on PublicRadio.org. He whines about Baby Boomers, then in the comment section, Boomers whine about Xers, who then whine about Baby Boomers. Ah… the internet. The reason I even bother to bring it to your attention is that his [...]

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Narcissists or Necessary?

March 23, 2009

Several articles lately are backing my claim that kids are becoming spoiled, evil, narcissistic brats. Even CNN’s Jack Cafferty has included a section in his new book, Now or Never: Some parents still have this attitude that their kids are too special to be burdened by discipline. And the rest of us are supposed to [...]

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Failure Friday: Anesthesia

March 20, 2009

Sometimes too much of a good thing can actually be fortunate for the rest of us. Here’s an example of an overdose gone…good? From mental_floss: Nitrous oxide was discovered in 1772, but for decades the gas was considered no more than a party toy. People knew that inhaling a little of it would make you [...]

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2009 NCAA Tournament Picks

March 18, 2009

Here in all its glory are my March Madness NCAA Tournament picks: Click to enlarge and read. Tweet

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Monkey Monday: Plotting Primate Plans Projectile Preparation

March 16, 2009

The monkeys are getting worse. First they flung poo, because it was readily available and they had an endless supply. Now, they are stockpiling weapons! From New Scientist: A chimp that deliberately fashions discs of concrete to later hurl at zoo visitors is being hailed as definitive proof that the apes plan for future events. [...]

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Let’s Get Realistic

March 13, 2009

One of the things I always hear after I speak is someone coming up to me, telling me what a great job I did, be it a keynote, breakout or training, and then telling me that “That’s not negative thinking, it realistic thinking.” They never describe positive thinking as realistic. To them there’s only positive [...]

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Have questions about blogging??

March 11, 2009

I’ve been volunteered to speak to my colleagues at NSA Houston this Saturday about blogging. How to blog, best practices, shortcuts…you know the deal. I’m a “cut to the chase” kind of guy so I want to make sure I talk about the most impactful issues when it comes to blogging. So send me some [...]

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Squeaky Wheels

March 5, 2009

I constantly hear people say that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”. They complain and complain, often getting what they want. So they use this as justification to complain all the time. Occasionally, the squeaky wheel gets replaced. It’s a ratio of talent to tolerance. Are you talented enough to be tolerated? If you’re not [...]

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