Monthly Archives: August 2010

Watch WKRP in Cincinnati classic on Fancast

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Karl

There are leadership lessons in this classic WKRP episode “Watch Turkeys Away” (and gut splitting laughs). I forgot how great this show was at times.

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Food for thought links

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Karl

Scott Berkun shares the perfect quote of the week: John F. Kennedy: The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows … Continue reading →

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Did you know there was a rise in teens beating the homeless?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Karl

YouTube: CBS: Epidemic: Teens Beat Homeless: This has been growing for some time. An article on a Tom’s Guide from 2009 quotes the National Coalition for the Homeless stating there were 86,000 videos are on YouTube at the time. No … Continue reading →

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An Opera singer critique’s 5 of Metal’s finest

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Karl

New York’s Claudia Friedlander provides feedback on Dio, Dickinson, Diamond, Ozzy, and Halford. Threads at Hacker News and Metafilter. Many, many missing greats here, but the post was on 5 and they are some of the signature singers in Metal. … Continue reading →

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Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Karl

Recent HBO Documentary, “Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County”, is a must see. It is a must see because it helps reveal the struggles of the working poor, by letting the children who are experiencing it speak for themselves. … Continue reading →

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Blog posts, and presentations, are best kept short

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Karl

Broke my own rule with that last post. I’m working on a presentation on something where I’m working not to do that.

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What is ‘the American Dream’?

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Karl

The conventional wisdom is that ‘The American Dream’ is a goal and aspiration on the part of Americans for some form of ‘conventional’ middle class life: a house, 2 kids, a car, one day retirement. Never trust conventional wisdom. The … Continue reading →

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Our greatest freedom exists in the space between

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Karl

Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl wrote in his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning”, “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” I … Continue reading →

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His work was branded unfit for children

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Karl

Mental Floss: “Shel Silverstein’s Unlikely Rise to Kid Lit Superstardom” There will be a long form movie version of “The Giving Tree” someday.

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Tweet into meaning

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Karl

Sociologist Erving Goffmanll said that all of life is performance, and Peggy Orenstein in the NYTimes says that Twitter is a new stage. Jeff Jarvis is getting ready to write a book about “abundant publicness” and some of the thoughts … Continue reading →

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