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Just a place for me to put my random thoughts …
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Sisyphus, “Say Anything”, The Seeker
The tragic part of living a life of “quiet desperation” (in the Henry David Thoreau sense) is usually the lost opportunity to do good as opposed to “intentional malice.” For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. Sonnet 94 (William Shakespeare) In 2023 Merriam-Webster tells us that a…
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The Six Shooter – Episode 02: “The Coward”
The Six Shooter. September 27, 1953. Program #2. NBC net. “The Coward”. Sponsored by: Coleman Home Heaters. “Everyone knows that Will Fedder is a coward because he won’t wear a gun. However, a man can be pushed just so far! Jimmy Stewart, Howard McNear, Michael Ann Barrett, Will Wright, Frank Burt (creator, writer), Basil Adlam…
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The Six Shooter – Episode 01:”Jenny”
Originally broadcast September 20, 1953 – this recording is from the “Old Time Radio Researchers Group” – I “cleaned up” the audio a little The Six Shooter. September 20, 1953. Program #1. NBC net. “Jenny”. Sponsored by: Coleman Home Heaters. “Britt Ponset finds a wounded man in the desert and brings him to Jenny Garber…
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Feedback, praise, and constructive criticism
Starting with a definition: Communication is “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior” (thank you Merriam-Webster — emphasis mine) Notice the emphasis on “information is exchanged.” If INFORMATION is NOT being EXCHANGED then you don’t have “communication.” Two people yelling at each other might…
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The Six-Shooter – episode 0
Originally broadcast July 15, 1953 – this recording is from the “Old Time Radio Researchers Group” – I “cleaned up” the audio a little “The Six Shooter. July 15, 1953. An audition program. Britt forces the sheriff to go after a robber, even though the wounded crook may be the sheriff’s son. Jimmy Stewart, William…
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Science Fiction, “social commentary”, and “Politics”
FIRST I will say that I am a fan of William Shatner OC. The “OC” stands for “Order of Canada” – which is an honor of merit bestowed by the Canadian government. The 2019 announcement specifically mentions Captain James T Kirk/Star Trek but these types of honors tend to be conferred because of a combination…
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Random “employee”/”employer” thoughts …
… kind of a random thought – but I think Apple has officially run out of ideas — e.g. I am seeing ads for a “Titanium” iPhone, which comes across (to me at least) as “how do we convince people to pay us $1,000 for a ‘new’ product that is functionally the same as what…
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Markets and Competition
True innovation is rare. Ecclesiastes 1:9 is several thousand years old and tells us that “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” Of course when we aren’t talking about “big picture…
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Talking Football – August 2023
Back when the B1G was actually 10 teams – “two yards and a cloud of dust” was sometimes used to describe the offense philosophy of most coaches in the conference. The forward pass might have been added in 1906, but to paraphrase a coach “three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two…
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Team building
The word “team” implies a coordinated ensemble. The word comes into the English language via Old High German with obvious “draft animal” connotations. Since modern English is a combination of Germanic and French/Latin vocabularies, we tend to have multiple words for the same concept – e.g. the French/Latin companion to “team” is probably “companion”/”company” (please…