A dear friend once said I made them crazy because I would ask a dozen people for their opinion and then ignore what everyone said and do “whatever the hell I wanted to anyway.” I laughed because there is some truth to that. When I am about to purchase certain items or make some bigger […]
Archives for February 2016
Is Medium A Good Tool?
I wrestle with the best way to use Medium. Every day I mull over whether I should take old content from JoshuaWilner and insert it there or if it should be a place for new content. What I haven’t figured out yet is which method is going to lead to fame and fortune, ya know […]
50,000 Reasons To Slap Steve Jobs
Somewhere around the 83rd minute of my telephone call with Apple support I began to wonder if Steve Jobs was buried or cremated because I really wanted to slap him. Not just once, but many times followed by a significant and severe thrashing with my fists, forearms and and shillelagh. You might wonder if I […]
Would You Eat A Kitten Or A Giraffe?
If life stays true to form at least three of you will look at the picture of the hippopotamus and wonder why the headline asked Would You Eat A Kitten Or A Giraffe? Should you stop me on the street, email or call me on the telephone to ask why I didn’t use a picture […]
Whose Reality Is Most Important?
Several years ago I took part in an animated discussion about how to market some particular products and services. And yes, you can consider an animated discussion as a euphemism for disagreement that wasn’t heated enough to be labeled as an argument. There were several people involved in this animated discussion of different ages, races and […]
You Must Bore Your Readers
The last time I lived in Texas I didn’t have my own washer and dryer so I had to commute from my apartment to the community laundromat in our complex. It took all of one load for me to realize I wasn’t interested in having to do that for very long. So I looked into […]
Death Lost That Race
The train left the station on schedule. Conductor took the tickets from each passenger while the driver talked to his buddy about what it must have been like to have to worry about carrying enough coal to keep the iron beast moving. Using a smartphone those ancient engineers never had he talked and texted his […]
Is Confession Really Good For The Soul?
I am not a Broncos or Panthers fan so I was ambivalent about who won the Superbowl. Correction, I dislike the Patriots so I was pleased to hear many of their fans carp and cry about Peyton Manning winning another ring. But I am not here to talk about why I do or don’t like […]