We could sure use your help today. The boy and I are nearly finished with a project that started last Friday. His physical therapist - Miss Jennifer - started reinforcing three simple "Be" rules: 1. …
A Great Service Fallback
Do you or does someone you know work for a service business? Stock up on 9v batteries today or Monday at Costco, Sams, or one of them speciality battery stores. Stick a bunch in each truck and have …
Shakespeare’s Pizza: Secret Ingredients
"It's the pizza, stupid ... and maybe the beer." So begins the mission statement for one of Columbia, Missouri's cultural icons: a self-proclaimed pizza dive known as Shakespeare's Pizza. People …
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Rage Against the Dying of the Write
Time Magazine stages a funeral for handwriting. Call me out of touch. Call me an old dude. Call me an anachronist. But: No! Nothing better than sending/receiving a handwritten …
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DIY Word of Mouth Triggers for Your Small Business
Morning. Happy weekend. Saw these and thought about them for longer than usual. Then thought of you. Now I'm doing something about it. (Something as simple as typing a few words and hitting "send.") …
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I Give You: The Urinal Gnat
A friend came to me yesterday to express her frustrations. Work had her down, done, and all out. We broke down and isolated her great, all-consuming irritants and found them, really, to be nothing …