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"Every cloud has a silver lining" - various Chalk this one up to "another time when Dave forgot to practice what…

Something positive is always good. ...just thought I'd tell you that Mike C. from Michigan Shifting Gears shared…

As Bob noted in his point of view in Part One of our recap, he and I spent this past weekend at something called…

My 25th reunion (shut up, I know I'm old) was last weekend, and literally right up until the night before, I wasn't…

Inspiration comes from many places. I'd like you to imagine a standard workday.  A day like every other day.  A…

Yeah, that's right, I said it. It's "Star Wars Day", and if you don't understand why...go away, and don't come…

“I am not a role model” – Charles Barkley I will tell you that I am many things. I'm a father of two kids.…

"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…

At first glance, the worlds of information technology and stand up comedy appear to have very little in common.…

In case you were wondering...no, I don't karaoke. You're welcome. Anyway...so LinkedIn actually did something…

Let me start by saying I immensely enjoyed yesterday's CloudDevDay event.  It was informative and enlightening on a…

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao-tsu, Chinese philosopher, about three thousand…

"Those who fail to plan...should plan to fail." - unattributed, many sources "I am never doing that again...and…

Back in May of 2010, on the anniversary of our first Pink Slip Party, I took a look back at the growth of the…

"The politics of dancing... The politics of, ooh, feeling good... The politics of moving, aha... If this message's…

"How do you not snap and scream at people in meetings?" - a former coworker When my very first That Guy entry I…

I have a lot of thoughts swirling in my head right now after our presentation of The New and Improved 10…

You know how you hear/see those commercials for whatever wonder pill of the week some pharmaceutical company wants…

"The city needs the suburbs…and, like it or not…the suburbs need the city." - Me, almost four years ago Preface:…

"Who am I?  Why am I here?" - Admiral Stockdale, October 13, 1992. “Will you step into my parlor?” said the…