Life In The Weeds

Lawyer, brand thyself

Lawyers always name their firm using last names ... Goldstein, Mulchahy, Rodriguez & Johnson, for instance.

Why not first names ... Bubba, Big Ricky, Melvin & Juan?

Why not a brand name ... Blood Suckers United; Guilt-Off; Judge Me Not; Divorce Of Course.

Give the firm a personality. Tell potential clients what you'll do for them or what you offer, instead of your names. Stand out.

O.D.O.o.O.D.B.

Coach BANS Twitter!

A couple of days ago, the head coach of Texas Tech [a big-time Division 1 football school] banned his players from using Twitter.  His actions stemmed from one of his players "tweeting" from the training room that his coach was late for a meeting.

Could anyone have guesses that coaches would be holding press conferences discussing social networking?

In this particular case, I agree with the coach.  NO player should be Tweeting the "company" business!

While I think Social Networking is a communication medium that is clearly here to stay, I am somewhat puzzled with ways in which some people use Twitter..especially when it comes to celebrities!

Why would anyone care what Ashton Kucher had for breakfast?  Or, what Serena Williams is watching on television?  Are people that desperate to connect with someone they will NEVER know?

Seems a little creepy to me!

Just to be safe, I plan on banning Twitter for both my u-11 and u-13 girls soccer teams for the rest of the season!

mj

Clean Your Gutters!

Yes, my mind is always in the gutter...I'll admit, I'm gutter obsessed!  Hhmm, okay, for this 'post" we are talking about the gutters on your house!

As Fall approaches, do yourself a favor...look up at your gutters; iflife is growing from them, they need to be cleaned.  One of the single most important things you can do to avoid water problems in your basement is cleaning your gutters!

For me, there is nothing better than a little peace of mind during a rain storm knowing that my gutters are doing their JOB!

It doesn't take all that long and it well worth the trouble!

mj

Signals

All of us are constantly sending signals to others that help them form an opinion. Many of these signals could never be anticipated by the sender.

One signal I receive is when I see people using AOL as their internet service provider. I immediately assume that this person is not technologically sophisticated, otherwise they would not be using the laggard dinosaur of the internet age. Fair, no. Helpful, no. Meaningful, no. Human, yes. 

O.D.O.o.O.D.B. 

I'm Back!

Forgive my absence...

I want to say that I got too busy to post ANY comments over the last couple of weeks, but that is lame!

It happens to be TRUE, but, as I think about it, there is no reason why I can not find time in the day to write a Blog entry.

I hate when people use the excuse that they "just can't find time in the day" to get something done...just work more efficiently OR get up earlier.  I get it if you "cant find the time" to build a new shed in the backyard, but write a blog or return an email or make a phone call...c'mon, that's just lame!

I'm committed!

mj

Off with the head

It is annoying enough to get the multi-forwarded emails but what burns me is that people do not delete the "headers" of the previous senders (email adresses, subject, date, etc.). So, in order to read the mail, you need to page down and down and down to finally get to the message.

From now on, it is mandatory for each person to highlight and delete all the previous headers before they forward the email. Manadatory! 

O.D.O.o.O.D.B. 

W.D.J.S.

W.W.J.D. seems to be a good tool for some people to help themselves follow the Golden Rule but wouldn't W.D.J.S. be even more helpful?

W.W.J.D. seems open for too much interpretation and people bend it to suit their own personal, spiritual, political, cultural point of view.

W.D.J.S. = What Did Jesus Say 

Jesus spoke in short sentences and plain language. Most of His quotes are very direct and clear and some have seeming contradictions, at least to me.

Seems plausible that when we are all judged Jesus might say, "It doesn't matter what you thought and why you thought it (e.g. capital punishment and abortion are okay), it only matters if you did what I said to do (thou shalt not kill)."

O.D.O.o.O.D.B.

Self Made

Earl Nightingale says, "Every "man" is self-made but only the successful ones are willing to admit it."

O.D.O.o.O.D.B.

Adding letters

We have all heard people drop the "g" from words ... thinkin, goin, eatin and so on. I guess I kinda understand how that happens. 

What I don't understand at all is adding a letter, like when idea becomes idear, soda becomes sodar, Tina becomes Tinar. Do grade schools in Long Island and Boston teach kids to speak that way?

O.D.O.o.O.D.B.

Go ahead, meet someone

Ever visited Meetup.com to, well, er, meet other people of similar interest, who live near you?

There are 107 Meetup groups within 10 miles of Pennington, NJ and here's the link to view those groups. Naturally, you can narrow the list to your particular area of interest and your town. The world is smaller and there's plenty of people interested in the same things as you (no matter how unique), no need to feel or be alone. 

O.D.O.o.O.D.B.