Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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The Tower of Babel
After a restful, productive break, I hit the ground running on my first week back at work: I went straight into a 3 day, 20 person workshop. Overall it was a pretty good use of time and even better I didn’t have to travel to attend it (although sometimes travelling for things that are going…
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Well that was fun while it lasted
Well I’m back to work this week after a few weeks off. This year’s Christmas break was the same as many in the past – a time to catch my breath, have a few days with no schedule and then try to cram too much into the last few days of it before I have…
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Buffers
In my quest to be a little more mindful / present I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading. One of the things I’ve been thinking about on and off for the past few months are buffers – things that separate us from something else. The obvious ones (i.e. the buffer between you and…
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Its never the intended consequences that get you
I’m not sure if this is national news, but here in the northern Kentucky area there is a boom of sorts going on. A heroin boom. There are all sorts of public interest groups, task forces and proposed legislation to deal with the problem, but not many seem to be asking the simple question: where is…
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Book list for my daughter – round 2
I posted a few weeks ago an initial draft of a ten book reading list that I am going to ask my 14 year old daughter to read through before she turns 16 / gets a car. The goal is to add a few ideas to her mental tool box, specifically things she is not…
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You don't always get what you pay for
Warning: this is probably going to be a screed. I may misstate some facts. I may not tell the whole story. I may forget some things I should mention. But I a stuck in Vegas and its either blog or punch someone. The last thing I want to do is spend a night in a…
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Friends
I did something that some are perceiving as a rather drastic action yesterday and today: I unfriended on Facebook and unfollowed on Twitter everyone that I currently work with. I “lost” about 75 “friends” on Facebook and have about 100 fewer contributors to my twitter feed. No one did anything to upset me, I’m not…
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Hello my name is Chris and I am a marketer
As I have feely admitted in many posts, I write about a lot of things as I am figuring them out or that some would say I know nothing about. I write here to capture ideas as I have them, to argue with myself and to force myself to compose my ideas into something…
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Help me put together a reading list for my High Schooler
Quick post today – just not a lot of time for exposition, but I do have a question I want to get some feedback on. I am trying to assemble a “top 10” book list for my eldest, who just started High School this past August. The idea is simply to expand beyond what she’s…