September 2022
63 articles published this month.
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Fun and/or Interesting
Unexpected Wildlife Encounters In Rancho Santana
We are in Rancho Santana this week. K takes me on a walk along the beach or through the woods each day. There are creatures here that you don’t encounter in South Florida. Like this tarantula.
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Worth Quoting
Spiro Agnew On Media's Appetite For Conflict
“Bad news drives out good news. The irrational is more controversial than the rational. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent…. The labor crisis settled at the negotiating table is nothing compared to…
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A Word to the Wise
Anosognosia
– a Greek word that roughly translates to “without knowledge of disease” – is a condition that affects how people view themselves and impairs their awareness of their health symptoms. (See “Interesting…” above…
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Readers Write
About my books
“I’m reading your book The Reluctant Entrepreneur. And just read your book Ready, Fire, Aim. Very inspirational reads. Thank you.” – DV From Bob Bly re the “Ketchup” brief in the Sept. 2 blog: “I met and…
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Postscript
Two Copywriting Experts Debate Direct Marketing's Future
An interesting conversation about copywriting and the direct marketing biz (the industry I work in) by two smart Englishmen. (Pay special attention to the question they try to answer at 16:20!)
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Notes From My Journal
Doing Our “Fair Share” for All Those Illegal Immigrants
You’ve heard about the governors of Arizona and Texas bussing illegal immigrants to New York City and Washington, DC. According to Politico, they’ve sent 4,000 of them to the Big Apple since May. As the mayor…
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Worth Considering
How to Change Minds
The general opinion of left-leaning Americans about the Israeli/Palestine conflict has been pro-Palestine for the last 10 years. Palestinians living in Israel are seen as second-class citizens. And those…
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Worth Reading
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
So Good They Can’t Ignore You By Cal Newport 288 pages Published Sept. 18, 2012 by Business Plus I came across this book while reading a young blog writer that a friend recommended. In talking about something…
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Fun and/or Interesting
Ketchup With Your History
* Ketchup With Your History – How every ketchup but one became extinct. Read about it here. * Hope for Curing Opioid Addiction – Early trials of a new procedure (the insertion of two electrodes into the brain)…
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Worth Quoting
Leonard Cohen On The Hard Work Behind Inspiration
Doing anything worth doing is almost always going to be more difficult than you think it will be at the onset. But as Leonard Cohen said, “Why shouldn't my work be hard? Almost everybody's work is hard. One is…
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A Word to the Wise
denizen — September 2, 2022
A denizen – from the Latin for “from within” – is an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place. As I used it today: “At a total of 4,000 new denizens, New York City is not even close to giving sanctuary to…
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Inside Paradise Palms Botanical & Sculpture Gardens
Building A World-Class Palm Tree Collection
The conservancy that I’m developing in West Delray Beach, FL, is destined to be (if I have anything to say about it) one of the largest and best-curated palm tree collections in the world. It also features a…
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Postscript
Why Distance Makes Us Confident About Others' Choices
It’s easy to have a political, social, or business opinion about something when you don’t have any skin in the game. This TED Talk is about an experiment that demonstrates why that’s true…
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