I know it is a fact of business life, but I still hate it. It is almost personal, even though I know most of the time, it isn’t. [tags] quitting your job, F-Minus, Tony Carrillo, the boxing kangaroo[/tags]
Archive for July, 2007
PLP 16: Lindsay Lohan
Posted in July 24th, 2007
by admin in Work-related
People Like Paris is a continuing WWDS feature that refers to those celebrities who earn our collective disgust. We all need to get together and whenever we hear what they are doing say…”Oh, nevermind, just go away.” [tag]Lindsay Lohan[/tag] was arrested again last night, July 24. (News Flash, Today, July 25: “I am innocent,” Lindsay [...]
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Tammy Faye (R.I.P.) and the Porn Star
Posted in July 23rd, 2007
Tell me this isn’t true. I was watching the TV news this weekend and come to find out, Tammy Faye had a second career on some unknown reality TV show(The Surreal Life-Ed) on some unheardof cable channel(VH-1-Ed). One of her co-stars was a famous porn actor who, I am assuming is now retired, retarded. I [...]
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If I Ran the Railroad: Local News Shows Should Lose the Hype
Posted in July 22nd, 2007
by admin in Work-related
Does it bother anyone else that local news shows seem to be copying entertainment programming with their shameless promotion..”Find out at 10 if you ate something that could kill you!!” These are news shows. I want the news. If it is something important, just tell me, don’t tease me into watching for it later. It [...]
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Small Indulgences, the Four Seasons and Ice Cream Sandwiches: What I Learned on Vacation.
Posted in July 21st, 2007
Every once in a while, you find a company that is into the smallest details of pleasing its customers. These are typically small things, surprising things that serve to delight customers. Most are unexpected. Here at [tag]JobDig[/tag], we try to do this with all kinds of things,…fast turnaround on spec ads might be expected, but [...]
A Kansan in Silicon Valley: Business Chain of Command
Posted in July 20th, 2007
by admin in Work-related
… or, [tag]How to Train a Pit Bull[/tag], by Conrad Hake. special (?) to WWDS Conrad Hake, 58, lives near the Silicon Valley in California. He grew up with me back in Abilene, KS, where I remember he was just about the toughest 165 pound lineman we had. He was wicked smart and now has [...]
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Scott Adams’ Career Advice: How To Advance YOUR Career
Posted in July 20th, 2007
 From Scott Adams’ blog today Career Advice Last night I met a script supervisor. She works with directors to make sure a movie has the right continuity, and one scene fits the next. It’s a fascinating job, hobnobbing with top directors, writers, and celebrities. No two assignments are the same. How do you get that [...]
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JobDig Now In Oklahoma City!!
Posted in July 20th, 2007
This weekend [tag]JobDig[/tag] will publish its first edition for [tag]Oklahoma City[/tag]. We expect to deliver great results for companies in that area just like in our other markets. Pick a JobDig up at any one of hundreds of spots around town. Keep checking back every week for more and more great jobs, interesting and insightful [...]
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Easy Kudos
Posted in July 19th, 2007
by admin in Daily Wisdom
Yesterday, [tag]Scott Drill [/tag]was talking about[tag] ISIG[/tag]‘s quarterly numbers on a conference call and happened to mention that their CFO was voted the [tag]Hardest Working CFO[/tag] by I can’t remember who. He then said if there was a category for Hardest Working Marketing Guy, ISIG’s would get that too. That is [tag]Scott Simcox[/tag] and I [...]
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Dad Rules: Don’t Try to Out-Run a Policeman
Posted in July 19th, 2007
OK, this seldom comes up…but if it does, you’re toast. Just stop and take your medicine. This applies whether you are on foot, or in car. It’s as if you were like [tag]Ryan Seacrest[/tag] running away from [tag]Elton John[/tag] and his posse—sure you are faster, but someone is going to catch you and you’re gonna [...]
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