Oklahoma Educators Have a Lot to Learn
In 5,000 years, we have not changed how we teach school. We still have one teacher standing in front of a classroom, lecturing.Think about that. In 5,000 years, empires and civilizations have risen and fallen. We have created the chariot, the automobile, the airplane, and shuttles that can take people into space. We have invented the printing press, movable type, typewriters, and computers. We invented alphabets, invented books, newspapers, and the Internet. We invented radio, television, and … [Read More...]
A Day in the Life of a Writer
By the time you read this, I will have returned from a writer's retreat to a small condo in a small Ohio town. I take these a couple times a year to focus on a particular writing project. No cable, no working TV, no wife or kids. Not even an Internet connection. The town is so small, there are only two coffee shops, and I don't know anyone there. In short, no distractions.These writing weekends are where I get huge chunks of work done in a short amount of time. This time, I thought I would keep … [Read More...]
The 2012 Amazingly Ginormous List of Banned Words
At the start of every new year, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) releases its list of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Useleness. And I pounce on that list for my first column of the year, like a divorce lawyer on a Kardashian marriage.This is the list of words LSSU would like to see removed from everyday usage this year. This is their 37th annual list, and it is filled with all kinds of amazing nominations that will have amazingly amazing … [Read More...]
British Scholars Schooled on Handshakes
In the days of old, when knights were bold, and fist bumps weren't invented, they made their stands, and shook their hands, and battles were prevented.That is, back in the Middle Ages, when two knights met and they weren't in the mood to do battle, each knight would extend an empty right hand — preferably their own — to show the other that they were unarmed and did not intend to start swinging a sword around.The two men would then grip their empty hands, shake them a few times to hear their … [Read More...]
Ghostly Mirrors and Juvenile Husbands
I am not what you would call a brave man. Oh sure, I would protect my family from home invaders, axe murderers, and Jehovah's Witnesses who knock on our door on Saturday mornings ("sorry, no, we're Zoroastrians").But there are two things that if I am faced with, you will find me shrieking like a 6-year-old girl and racing off in the other direction: snakes and ghosts.I had to face one of these terrors a couple weeks ago, when my wife and I had a chance to stay at the Story Inn in, well, Story, … [Read More...]
Let’s Whine Again, Like We Did Last Summer
Let's Whine Again, Like We Did Last SummerErik is out of the office this week, celebrating his anniversary. In light of the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, we are running this column from 2001."AWWWWWWWWW!"Pity poor Chubby Checker, the creator of "The Twist." He's got his bloomers in a bunch, because he feels that he -- one of rock and roll's most important figures -- is also one of its most underappreciated.In a full-page, two-color ad in Billboard Magazine, the music industry's … [Read More...]
Las Vegas Investigation Press Conference Transcript Regarding Death of Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
LAS VEGAS INVESTIGATION PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPTAn Interview with Randy Bernard and Brian BarnhartIndianapolis Motor Speedway, Dec. 15, 2011The following is a transcript of today's press conference at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway about the investigation of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway race and the death of Dan Wheldon. I received this from IndyCar as part of their media communications. I am reposting it here without comment.AMY KONRATH: I'd like to introduce our speakers Randy Bernard, … [Read More...]
School Principal Screwed By Zero Tolerance
School Principal Experiences Zero ToleranceAn elementary school principal got to experience Zero Tolerance first hand, and decided he didn't like it. Jerry Bostic, was the principal of Brookside Elementary School in Gastonia, North Carolina, until this past Wednesday, when he was told he either had to quit or be fired for wrongly suspending a student.He chose to retire. Bostic was the victim of his own form of Zero Tolerance, after he suspended 9-year-old Emanyea Lockett for two days for calling … [Read More...]
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Created by: Online MBA ProgramsMy book, Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself (affiliate link), is available on Amazon.com, as well as at Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores. I wrote it with my good friend, Kyle Lacy.My NEW book, No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing is also out. You can get it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million in October, or get it for the Kindle or Nook.---Like this post? Leave a … [Read More...]
Political Marketing: Newt Gingrich is a genius
Political marketing is not something I normally spend time considering. I usually write about business bloggingand make fun of commercials on TV. I have to say, I felt sorry for Herman Cain this weekend. I will admit that I was not too impressed with him as a Republican Presidential Candidate. But, he is kind of getting screwed. How did this guy get harpooned for his infidelities, while Newt Gingrich gets a free pass? In social media and business blogging, we recommend clients address … [Read More...]