Authenticity

Warm Blanket Folks

I spent forty minutes on the phone with a fella today. This is noteworthy because I detest the phone as much as my one-year-old daughter detests order. Do you have those folks in your life who bring a warm, cozy feeling over you? Not in a romantic way, but rather simply in a sense that [...]

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A Certain Conceit

Home + Life

“Between the idea and the reality … falls the shadow.” -Hunter S. Thompson Sorry I haven’t been around much lately. See. There I go - you’re not supposed to allude to the fact that you haven’t written much lately. Copyblogger will tell you that. All the smart ones will tell you that. The thing is [...]

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Truth In Advertising

Small Business Help

A bouncer in Birmingham hit me in the face with a crescent wrench five times and my wife’s boyfriend broke my jaw with a fence post. So if you don’t buy a trailer from me, it ain’t gonna hurt my feelings.

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Answer Questions As Asked

Small Business Help

Last night I was a teacher - dispensing lessons learned to a group of incredibly bright young women from Stephens College. One sage piece passed on was simply to answer questions as asked. Simple, right? If someone asks you what time it is, you don’t tell them how to build a watch, you tell them [...]

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All The Difference

Home + Life

Poor young ladies … Tonight, a group of students from the venerable Stephens College will get together and listen to a rapidly-graying, slightly-addled, hyphen-loving-father-of-two babble on about the lessons of a misspent youth. Why would they bother? They’re being offered free pizza and stuff. And maybe, just maybe, one or two of them might read [...]

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Authenticity

Warm Blanket Folks

A Certain Conceit

Truth In Advertising

Answer Questions As Asked

All The Difference

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