[tag]Conrad Hake[/tag] is a friend of mine from Kansas and offers up commentary and advice from the [tag]Silicon Valley[/tag] on whatever topic interests him. I was listening to this morning’s Presidential News Conference and it took me back to the old debate days in High School. I think debate is a subject that more students [...]

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As we get ready for a [tag]holiday weekend[/tag], we wanted to remind everyone to [tag]drink and drive intelligently[/tag]. There is a service in our [tag]Minneapolis-St Paul[/tag] metro area called Drink and Drive Intelligently. For about the cost of a cab ride, they will come and get you and drive you and your car home. Outstanding! [...]

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If [tag]Scott Adams[/tag] can have a”[tag]Footwear Theory of Motivation[/tag],” then my own theory of “He or She Who Smiles Big, Gets Ahead” should start to get some traction. Weeks ago, I theorized that big smilers win at politics. It holds true for contests, too. Just look at [tag]Jordin Sparks[/tag], last night’s [tag]American Idol[/tag] winner. What [...]

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You will soon hear all the be-all-you-can-be speeches, enough to last you quite a while.  And, sure, congratulations are in order. So–congratulations!  Now, what are you going to do? Let’s suppose you have a job but it starts in a month or two. Back when you interviewed, you thought it would be fun to have [...]

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Someone has developed an entirely new musical genre, just like country or jazz, called “animusic.” I had not even heard the word! Animusic is 3D computer graphics music animation. Some people are just brilliant, aren’t they? And I was proud of myself when I figured out what LOL meant. ~thanks [...]

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Toby has given a lot of free advice for the Star-Tribune over the past few weeks. Here is one he missed. Does anyone else hate the ad sheet that covers the first page of many of the news sections? Typically, it is a car dealer ad…and it is about a page and a third. The [...]

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We’re shopping at [tag]Nordstrom’s[/tag] today and I am sitting in one of only three chairs on the entire women’s floor. There are magazines called [tag]Lucky [/tag] and [tag]Glamour[/tag] for us men to read. If I ran Nordstrom’s, I would supplement the women’s magazines with a few [tag]Sports Illustrated[/tag]s, [tag]Time[/tag] and a [tag]Forbes[/tag] or two. That [...]

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While I rarely golf, I do insist on taking mulligans. A mulligan is what they call taking another shot cuz your first one went ‘thataway.’ The term was invented by [tag]Abner Mulligan[/tag] who famously said to his wife one day, “Yes, Honey, your ass does kinda look big in that dress.” Tell me he didn’t [...]

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~from xkcd.com [tags] certainty, math teachers, political debates, arguments[/tags]

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I know I have said this before…but far too many problems can be simply avoided if you assume goodwill on the part of the other person…FIRST. Maybe this will lead to trouble…and I know there are evil people out there who want to do bad things to others…but mostly, we are a nation of good, [...]

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