Knowing Write from Wrong: Part 2

Knowing Write from Wrong: Part 2

by | Jan 23, 2015

At a large corporation for which I once worked, my boss’s boss told one of my internal clients (I love that phrase) — a gentleman who disagreed with my counsel on a matter of communication and went over my head to report his pique — to ignore me because,...
Knowing Write from Wrong: Part 1

Knowing Write from Wrong: Part 1

by | Jan 22, 2015

In the summer of 1964, my parents rented a small, red cottage on Cherry Street at Chapman Beach in Westbrook, Connecticut. Headed east along the shoreline, the next beach is Chalker Beach. The one after that is Indian Town. That matters because that same summer, my...
Star Trek: The Dark Social

Star Trek: The Dark Social

by | Jan 21, 2015

Spock: Captain, why are you wearing that radiation-proof suit and preparing to exit the starship? Kirk: Scotty, Bones, and I are going to measure the Dark Social. Spock: [raises eyebrow] Come again? Kirk: Dark Social. The communication transmissions we get from...
Let’s Put the “Ex” in Expert*

Let’s Put the “Ex” in Expert*

by | Jan 19, 2015

Someone once told me an expert is anyone paid to travel more than 50 miles to tell someone else what to do. Thanks to the blogosphere, the opinionsphere, and the ponitifisphere, the definition of expert has morphed a bit. An expert now is someone self-evidently...
Today’s Pop Quiz

Today’s Pop Quiz

by | Jan 16, 2015

Guess which one of these two thinks he’s the big guy: A. Tar (on the left) B. Crush (on the right) C. None of the above D. All of the above The winner will have to fight these two for a box of Milk Bones.