Author Archives: Thom
Technical Difficulties
My apologies for being slow to notice and approve comments lately. I recently moved, changed ISPs, and deep-sixed two email addresses. Unfortunately I’m still being reminded the heard way of what those addresses were used for, like notifications that I … Continue reading
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A Call for Peace
As some of you know from reading my Facebook page, I had a lousy day recently. Part of the problem was banging my head repeatedly and ineffectually against a problem at work, but a majority of it was from reading … Continue reading
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Lady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan, Dick Cheney, and Donald Trump walk into a bar…
What do Lady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan, Donald Trump and Dick Cheney have in common? They’re just a few of the thousands who have realized an important truth: attention is money. Regardless of their chosen professions, they have successfully made the … Continue reading
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Book Review: Business Stripped Bare, by Richard Branson
The office where I work has a bookshelf of assorted tech and business books donated by employees for other employees to check out and read. Since I’ve recently read some things about and by Richard Branson I was excited to … Continue reading
Customer service representatives
If you ever want to spend abnormal amounts of time on the phone with customer service representatives, move to another state. Every service I’ve ever had has to be shut down in one state and started up in another. And, … Continue reading
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The one who got hired
I started my new job on Thursday, and after two days on the job I can definitely say…I’ve spent two days on the job. I think I’m going to like my job. I think I’m going to like where I … Continue reading
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Change of direction?
I guess it’s official enough to announce: I have accepted a position with a new employer, starting this Thursday. While the store was going well, I ran out of time and had to get a job. I may still continue … Continue reading
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Develop a deep bench
Can your business do without you? If not, why not? If you’re a business of one, I can understand that, perhaps, but if there are several of you together in a business, why would you be irreplaceable? Sports teams would … Continue reading
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Leave of absence
I didn’t intend to be gone from posting for so long. But I’ve been too busy living my life (and holding on tight) to have much time to write about it. Between the store, the kids’ baseball practices and games, … Continue reading
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Fun with comment spam
I have another blog that has recently showed an incredible spike in popularity. I’ve been getting dozens of comments in the last week on posts that are as much as a year old. What’s more, these comments, judging by the … Continue reading
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