by David | Feb 22, 2008 | culture, economics
I’d been thinking about this for a while, but it came back to the top of the queue recently when I saw the beginning of an advertising blitz for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Or, as I like to point out, the walk for a cure for breast cancer. But this...
by David | Feb 18, 2008 | culture, working
I used to work with a guy who was an excellent public speaker, as sales guys often are. Although I cannot remember any part of any presentation he ever gave, I remember very the time when he started off a talk with a joke that began, “A brunette, a redhead and a...
by David | Feb 13, 2008 | culture, technology
I’m off to Miami this weekend to attend a wedding and maybe sneak in some additional cultural or culinary fun. While I’m in the sunshine state sipping mojitos poolside, some people here in Massachusetts (and elsewhere) will be immersing themselves in the...
by David | Feb 8, 2008 | culture
I had a busy day today with several urban destinations, so I shouldn’t be at all surprised that I was nearly hit by flying cigarette butts twice, one coming from a moving car, the other from a more or less stationary person. Both times, I was seized by the same...
by David | Feb 7, 2008 | culture
I had grand plans to redo the site for the day as lemonrat.com. Perhaps fortunately for all concerned, I just didn’t have time. The Year of the Rat is the beginning of the 12-year/12-animal cycle of the Chinese zodiac, and I’m feeling more on the verge of...
by David | Jan 23, 2008 | culture
I am back on the system. Please clean up your act. But seriously folks, I took a bus to work and a train back today, and despite all the petty annoyances, it felt great. I’m sure I’ll fall back into rail rage sooner or later, but if I can find that article...
