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I Love Shitty Authors

I hold no truck with stylists. That is, of the authors I admire, few are likely to be accused of being masters of their craft. I admire John Steinbeck–who in the introduction to one of his own books admits that he writes poorly. Ray Bradbury is hardly a master of style–though I find his works […]

Entrepreneurship

You can’t call yourself an entrepreneur–someone else has to call you one. You’re only an entrepreneur if you create something new and bring it to market. If you own your own business, you’re a business owner. If you open a new convenience store or Papa Johns franchise, you’re a business owner, but certainly not an […]

Change Management

A small epiphany from the exceptionally mundane. When washing dishes my feet are idle but my mind is wandering. This morning I wandered into thoughts of sponge production costs and change management. I’ve been buying a certain national brand of sponge for years now (I cook a lot–therefore I wash a lot of dishes). But […]

Blind Dogs and Bullet Holes

If there’s a dog on my mind, it would have to be Izzy. She’s a six-year-old, blind Weimaraner, who is currently (and constantly) trying to climb into my lap. Kendra and I (okay, mostly Kendra) are providing a foster home for the local Weimaraner rescue. We’ve had Izzy for five or six weeks, now. There’s […]