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Rizz and All the Rest

Rizz and All the Rest

After going full goblin mode at the weekly staff meeting, you may have imagined your rizz rising, but if you followed up by posting a vape selfie without a vax label your followers might just unfriend you. If you think this first sentence is complete gobbledygook, making absolutely no sense whatsoever, you are half right. […]

Artificial Dementia

Artificial Dementia

While it is widely known that Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, only serious historians will recall that this catastrophic event took place on August 24, 79 AD. If you are curious what typical Pompeiians ate for breakfast that morning nearly 2000 years ago, there are a few conserved bits of papyrus that […]

The Yuck Factor

The Yuck Factor

The Yuck Factor is best explained with an example.  Suppose you pull off a panel to begin working on some network equipment, and you find a dead rodent.  That would be a YF = 7.  Other discoveries like multiple rodents – or their time of death – might raise the number.  If on the other […]

A Do-It-Yourself BS Detector

A Do-It-Yourself BS Detector

Both of my parents were educators, and reading was a common pastime in my family.  Dad subscribed to U.S. News and World Report, the Los Angeles Times and the Pasadena Star News.  When we got a TV, his favorite news provider was Walter Cronkite.  For those too young to remember, Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening […]

Use Your Words

Use Your Words

For parents of preschoolers, there comes a time – often in the evening – known as “the storm before the calm.”  It can also come about during the day if expectations of some kind are not met, or perhaps if a child is just “hangry.”  Our preferred solution was to remain calm and tell them […]

Why Bother?

Why Bother?

My sister-in-law’s Starbucks order is something like “Venti non-fat decaf low-foam not-too-hot lactose free artificially sweetened latte.”  I’ll concede that we all have different reasons for doing what we do, but I’m sure Starbucks could simplify things by adding a drink to the menu dubbed the “Why Bother?”  I can visualize a whole new line […]

The Entrepreneurs:  The Relentless Quest for Value by Derek Lidow - A Review

The Entrepreneurs: The Relentless Quest for Value by Derek Lidow – A Review

Most of us think of an entrepreneur as someone who makes a lot of money for a lot of people very quickly.