Spinning off a Comic With a Reference Book
Welcome to a spin-off. “All in the Family” spun off “The Jeffersons.” That rusty merry-go-round spun your cousin off into the gravel. Spin-offs are often fun. Anyway. My original webcomic, Indexed,...
View ArticleBecause You Never Know Where the Night Will Take You
At first, I thought that Miss O’Connor was talking about a naked woman found on the side of the road, but then I remembered my mom’s warnings about the importance of clean underwear in the event of a...
View ArticleThe Consequences of Fun
Fun causes guilt, apparently. I really love how every key word in this quote is subjective. Immoral? One man’s uncrossable line is another man’s Tuesday afternoon. Illegal? So much depends on the...
View ArticleThe Story of the Decade
According to the theory of creative destruction, one company feeds on the corpse of another, and then once it has outlived its usefulness, the organization dies and provides the nutrients for the next...
View ArticleThe Problem With Eureka
First one with a press release wins the fellowship! But this isn’t news, this competitive marketplace of ideas. A hundred years ago, we have the sad case of Nicola Tesla entwined with the epic success...
View ArticleHow the Ubermensch Got Into Harvard
It’s easy to feel bad when life kicks you in the shins. It’s easy to think it’s all your fault that your days are dark, cold, lonely, crummy and plagued with tedium. It’s also just as easy to think...
View ArticleBut What About Quantum Leap?
This quote is amazing because Richard P. Feynman is a deceased god of science. A wizard! A master! A world-renowned expert! If he doesn’t understand the field he was the de facto king of, what chance...
View ArticleToo Many Bosses in the Boardroom
Q: How many middle managers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Let me check with my boss. Making decisions in corporate environments is a human Rube Goldberg devise. Messages get passed up and...
View ArticleMark Twain on Where Babies Come From
True intimacy has its nasty side. You end up living with an entire person’s lint, crud, toenail clippings, rhinovirus colonies, dirty socks, hairs on the bar of soap, and even (gasp) dirty dishes left...
View ArticleKnow Your Enemy’s Weaknesses – Start with the Kelley Blue Book
I took a negotiation class once, and it paid for itself within the week. Here’s a summation of that magical course: There’s a lot of power in simply knowing what you want, and how far you’re willing...
View ArticleThey Do Call it a Marriage Contract After All
This quote got me thinking about all the things that are both perfectly legal and perfectly horrible. Interestingly, hurting someone’s feeling is only punishable by law when you hurt the feelings of a...
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