Last night we had good friends over for dinner. Both are self employed and both have experience sending out bulk mail. We got talking about how we get our message out to customers and our male friend admitted he doesn’t mail out newsletters any more.
As a fellow small business person, I asked why.
Well, it seems the process is [...]
Well, we can put this one to rest. Not long after my last post, I got a call from the friend who experienced the embarassing confrontation at the Post Office while on his cell phone. Turns out he TOO went back and asked for the specifics and proof of this “mystery rule”. Here’s what he discovered…
It [...]
So today I’m at the Post Office waiting in line for the clerk to motion me forward. Nice man, I thought to myself. How about I ask him about this “no cell phone in the Post Office” rule that was so aggressively enforced with my friend just the other night. (see earlier blog post on this [...]
A friend phoned me up the other night as he stopped by the local Post Office to check his mail. Then abruptly he said, “I’ll have to call you back.” There was some noise in the background, which made me wonder if someone was in the process of “going postal” – but he called back [...]
Where was I in 1976 when the greatest play in baseball occurred? Most likely, just finishing up Air Force technical training school and getting ready for my first duty assignment at K.I. Sawyer AFB in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Over 30 years later, I finally got to see the video of Rick Monday running across [...]
Just as I was drawn to see Freedom Writers, a story of how a dedicated teacher inspired a group of fractious and neglected Long Beach students, I was eager to see The Great Debaters too. Why? Because for one reason, Denzel Washington is a darned fine actor, but also because I just can’t get enough [...]
