How To Not Be Like A Musician
Why Musicians miss out on the greatest opportunity of their lives My wife enjoys watching The Voice on NBC, yet another vocal talent show promising fame, glory, and riches to one lucky winner. My routine is always the same when these types of shows come on. At first I scoff. Then I attempt to do my work in the same room while ignoring the TV. Within minutes I find myself distracted enough by the show that the laptop closes and I end up supplying a running commentary on the performances for my sweetheart, as she smiles knowingly at my eventual and inevitable caving. So I’ve watched my...
Read MoreBe Bold – How Not To Run Your Marketing
A quick scan for social media gurus in the job postings will tell you all you need to know about the confusion in the world of online marketing. They all mention the position creating “relevant content” in a very meaningful way, as if the words themselves will have magical powers to transform crappy marketing into something worthy of attention. Here’s a sample of the conversation I would have with these companies: “Relevant to who, though,” I ask. “To our customer,” they say. “But I can guarantee your customer doesn’t care about your...
Read MoreWhy Columbus Is A Celebrated Jerk
Columbus Day has come and gone, and once again I’m reminded of how strange we Americans behave with our holidays. Namely, forgetting the original intent of the day, and doing whatever the hell we want. No holiday is safe from our misuse. We have one day a year off from our “labors” on Labor Day, which we choose to use for camping or drinking purposes. We have Memorial Day, ostensibly for remembering those that have fallen to protect our freedom (the afterlife version of Veteran’s Day, celebrated thorugh retail savings), which we use for camping, BBQing and drinking purposes. Then...
Read MorePerils of Shaving
[I wrote this when I was 20... Decided to post it in all it's youthful glory] I hate that I must shave daily. Since my facial hair is a loose confederation of follicles by nature (otherwise known as patchy), which consistently attempt to form a “beard” on my face, I must shave every day to keep up appearances for my fellow man. It’s a burden but I enjoy people, most of them anyway, and desire to do my part. A rough, patchy beard inspires such a deep uncertainty that a man forced to see such an atrocity would not be held to account for calling off any social contact they...
Read More31 Books You Should Read
My friend is probably crazy. She’s compiling an epic list of books to read, which at this point has grown larger than she could reasonably finish in a lifetime. By her estimates, if she read for two hours every single day, for the rest of her life, she would get about half way through. So I was surprised the other day when she asked for any books I would recommend her to read. I asked her why she thought it would be a capital idea to add more to the already unrealistic pile. To her credit, she winked and said, “You never know, I just might read them all.” This kind of...
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