New business plan for English majors everywhere (myself included)
From Ellen Stuart’s blog Smells Like Squandered Youth comes this idea, which I am fully prepared to co-opt, borrow or steal as the need requires. She proposes the following business…
Foolish guarantee
I was watching a home improvement show yesterday. The designer and contractor were explaining to a homeowner that granite was an excellent choice for a kitchen countertop because “it will…
Best letter
It must suck when your business relies on idiot record executives to keep people interested in music:
Matty’s Top 10 wedding tips
Daily Candy wedding expert Shawn Rabideau offered his Top 10 Wedding Tips recently, and I thought that most of his ideas were fairly obvious.Proofread the invitations.Make sure you break in…
TheKnot.com threatening to take over the world
TheKnot.com is a website that many people (mostly women) use in order to plan their weddings. I am familiar with this site because my DJ company has been recommended on…
UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO update
My book tour continues this week with appearances at The Book Cellar in Brattleboro, Vermont on Thursday night at 7:00 and at Water Street Books in Essex, New Hampshire on…
My sources
A friend recently wrote to me: I enjoy these little articles that you link to a lot. I just have one question though: Do you really have that much free…
My theory on IQ
I have a theory. We all begin with an IQ that tops 200, but with each successive smack on the head, our IQ drops. I watch as my daughter hits…
Must watch: Words
If you’re not listening to podcasts, you have no idea what you’re missing. If you’re listening to podcasts but you’re not listening to RadioLab, you have no idea what you’re…
Quarterbacks are jerks
Imagine that you are an offensive lineman, 360-pounds, crouched down into a three-point stance, ready to explode on the snap count. Your knees are sore from years in the trenches…
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