There are many reasons people use social media. Some use it as a forum for stating opinions, others to keep in touch or getting back in touch. Still some for no other reason than it’s interesting and fun. Most of us connect on Linkedin, to keep our eye out for a new journey or just [...]
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Archive | September, 2008
Paul Newman – Icon of the Screen is Dead at 83
September 27, 2008
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My earliest memory of Paul Newman was in 1967 when my family was on our annual summer vacation at my Uncle’s lake house in Michigan. It was a small city that had only one movie theater. They were screening Cool Hand Luke that July, and I remember it well, “What we have here is a [...]
Read moreThe One Constant
September 22, 2008
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I grew up loving baseball, and save the few years when the game checked out (strikes, ignoring the fans, greed, etc…) I still do. I’ve written about my passion for the game and in particular about the hallowed ground on which it is played. The stadiums keep coming down and yesterday one of the most [...]
Read moreFall Semester is in Session – What’s Your Twitter Grade?
September 15, 2008
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If you Twitter and you’re serious about it you will want to know your grade. Mine is 25 out of a possible 100, so I’ve got some work to do. The Twitter king right now is Barack Obama. I rank way down on the list, but aspire to move up. My grade this morning was [...]
Read moreA Remarkable Customer Experience
September 14, 2008
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My brother-in-law, Michael Roberts sent me this video last week. You may have seen it, maybe you haven’t. Please watch it. It’s called The Simple Truths of Service, and comes from the work that Ken Blanchard and Barbara Glanz have done as management consultants. I have taken a number of Blanchard classes and read his [...]
Read moreThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Film Review
September 13, 2008
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I’m a little late on this one, having missed it in the theater. I selected it on this very rainy day primarily on the Academy Award nominations of Casey Affleck for Best Supporting Actor and Roger Deakins for Best Cinematography. Neither won, but both efforts have been critically acclaimed. The Assassination of Jesse James by [...]
Read moreHybrid War Heating Up
September 11, 2008
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Toyota won the first hybrid car battle with the Prius, having beaten out Honda’s Insight at the turn of this century. But Honda’s back for their next at bat, and strangely enough it’s called the Insight again. Quite frankly I completely forgot about the Insight, so Honda’s probably thinking that most people are like me, [...]
Read moreRemembering September 11, 2001
September 11, 2008
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The towers have been gone for seven years now, and with them over 3,000 who lost their lives there, at the Pentagon and in the Pennsylvania plane crash. They are sorely missed. Many others suffered injuries that day and survived. What to do with that sacred ground in New York has been the topic of [...]
Read moreCERN to Send First Beam of Protons Through Collider
September 9, 2008
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As mentioned in an earlier post here, the European Organization for Nuclear Research has been building a massive particle collider over the last 14 years at a cost of $8 billion. It is now complete and ready to be placed into service. Some think these experiments could cause dark matter to envelope the earth and [...]
Read moreDon LaFontaine, Voice of the Movies is Dead
September 3, 2008
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We all know the voice. It’s the one you hear when you’re sitting in a darkened movie theater waiting for the feature presentation to begin. The trailers for coming attractions are projected and so is that voice. Deep, diction perfect, clear like a galloping horse in the night, cutting through the lighting fast visuals and [...]
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