Michael Rosenbaum's Blog, page 3
May 18, 2010
May 16, 2010
Geese Must Comply With New Rules
A woman is walking along the pier with her son when a wave rolls over the deck and washes the boy over the edge. He disappears under the water and she begins to pray. "Oh, Lord, save my son, don't let him drown, I will do anything, I will be so grateful, he is my [...:]
May 8, 2010
And So, Fellow Graduates…
I was hoping my commencement speech at Harvard this year would help me promote Your Name Here: Guide to Life as the ideal gift (Unisex!! One size fits all!!) for graduates entering the real world….but their invitation got lost in the mail for the 57th consecutive year. I had the speech already written, though, and [...:]
And So, Fellow Graduates…
I was hoping my commencement speech at Harvard this year would help me promote Guide to Life as the ideal gift (Unisex!! One size fits all!!) for graduates entering the real world….but their invitation got lost in the mail for the 57th consecutive year. I had the speech already written, though, and it would be [...:]
May 4, 2010
In (corner office) Space, No One Can Hear You Scream
Any dad who's ever shot his kid's birthday party knows the camera work in Undercover Boss is just too good to be true. Reality shows are show-biz first and reality second, but the fact that it isn't all real doesn't mean it isn't true. In fact, the truth of this show is astounding—although not in [...:]
April 22, 2010
There's the Cliff. Step on the Gas.
Bullwinkle assured Rocky, "this time for sure," but he never pulled a rabbit out of the hat. We're no different.
I was meeting with a fund manager the other day, talking about a project that's in trouble. The people assigned to the implementation, or at least one group of them, simply haven't done the job [...:]
I was meeting with a fund manager the other day, talking about a project that's in trouble. The people assigned to the implementation, or at least one group of them, simply haven't done the job [...:]
April 17, 2010
That Synching Feeling
For the past two weeks, the grandfather clock has been chiming exactly in time with the clocks on the DVR, the microwave and the oven. I'm actually getting a thrill out of looking up at the digital displays to see them flashing double zeroes as the chimes herald the new hour.
There's poetry here, along with [...:]
There's poetry here, along with [...:]
April 12, 2010
Ignore Those Lying Cheating Bastards
Jill and I disagree on a lot of things, but we're trying to live with it. After all, if both of us agree on everything, then one of us is unnecessary.
And so, in the interest of collegiality or the fear of being identified as the extraneous partner, we will sometimes have discussions in which we [...:]
And so, in the interest of collegiality or the fear of being identified as the extraneous partner, we will sometimes have discussions in which we [...:]
April 8, 2010
Happy First Birthday to Me
It's my birthday today, in a weird sort of way.
Last April 8, after well over a year in the clutches of the medical profession, I went in for surgery and awoke to find that I didn't have the deadly cancer they spoke of as a proven, unmistakable fact until, of course, it was after [...:]
Last April 8, after well over a year in the clutches of the medical profession, I went in for surgery and awoke to find that I didn't have the deadly cancer they spoke of as a proven, unmistakable fact until, of course, it was after [...:]
