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October 7, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Hot Blonde!
I was at the Starbucks near our house this morning and saw a really hot blonde several places ahead of me in line.
She seemed like my type, too, and I even got this funny feeling in my stomach just watching her.
I am really lucky she is my wife.
Rebecca was in a hurry and couldn’t talk long but I slyly checked her out again as she left.
Erica and Matt Chua: Food on a Stick
I haven’t confirmed this with my parents, but I am quite sure that this is the first year I will not be attending the Great Minnesota Get Together since I was born 29 years ago. The Minnesota State Fair is my favorite “holiday” and a Minnesota tradition I can really get behind. Lutefisk being the only other Minnesota tradition that I [unwillingly] participate in each year, but who can get behind lutefisk as a tradition for anyone but their worst enemies?
It’s hard to pick the best part of the...
October 6, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Jesus Sighting!
I just stopped for gas and the ATM at the Thortons on Shelbyville Rd and a guy who was driving a red pick-up truck with a concrete mixer in the back walked in behind me. He had long wavy dark hair and a mustache and beard and looked about 30 years old.
I thought to myself, “We got Jesus in the house!” and looked around for someone to tell. But I only caught the eye of a police officer who was watching me and simply nodded hello. Ididn’t say anything to him about Jesus being in the back of the...
Saul Kaplan: This Is the Antidote to the Dark Side of Technology
This is the first of a 10-article series originally published on theTime website, authored by myself and Nicha Ratana, of conversations with transformational leaders who will be storytellers at the
BIF10 Collaborative Innovation Summit
in Providence, RI.
John Hagel speaks with satisfying precision. He has kind eyes and stern glasses, which together dominate the screen during a Sunday-afternoon Skype conversation.
As co-chairman of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, Hagel hunts for unexploited capabi...
October 3, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: We Never Stop Learning
We never stop learning.
This morning I learned that if I cut myself shaving to be sure not to make a nick so deep that it bleeds for 28 minutes. That is too long and just a bad idea generally.
I also learned that if I do cut myself badly shaving and tissue isn’t enough to stop the bleeding, an excellent alternative is a small article of clothing, like briefs. Hanes seems to be particularly effective. They are soft and very absorbant and last longer than a tissue. And you can… even take them wit...
Julie Rath: Groom Alert
I always say a groom should look dashing at his wedding, and choosing the right accessories is key to the result. In selecting neckwear for your nuptials, remember that you’re not choosing a power tie or a work tie — you’re choosing a wedding tie, and it should be celebratory. After all, that’s what the whole day is about. So give yourself permission to think outside the box and go with something you might not normally wear. You’ll still look like you, only a cool and sharp groom version of y...
October 2, 2014
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: AT&T Customer Service Line and Making New Friends.
I like making new friends as much or more than anyone I know.
But not on AT&T’s customer service line where I am hoping to get a quick resolution to a small and annoying phone issue.
Questions like “How is your day going so far?” and “How is everything else?” and “Are you enjoying your day so far today?” just don’t seem …spontaneous and, well…, genuine.
In fact, when I get disconnected and call back and talk to a completely different person, that new person, as fate would have it, asks me the ex...
Josh Bowen: Food Cravings
I get food cravings. You get food cravings. We ALL get food cravings. But what does it mean?
A few months ago I read an interesting article (I have searched and cannot find it) about the affect, low quality, nutrient deficient food has on our brains. To summarize the article; research had been done on the brain and how it responded to eating donuts, pop tarts and other “junk” food. Essentially it caused the body to crave these foods even more because the brain and body had not been satisfied w...
October 1, 2014
Will Meyerhofer: A Bucket of Cockroaches
My client – a second year corporate associate working in a foreign office – compared remaining at her biglaw firm to eating cockroaches.
“You know, on one of those reality game shows where they dare you to eat a bucket of cockroaches and they’ll pay you a million bucks if you do.”
I requested she elaborate.
“My point is, at some juncture you stop and think – and this is probably a rational part of your brain: Hell, for a million bucks, I’ll do it. I mean, for a million bucks, you’ll do anything,...
John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Affirmation of the Day
Affirmation for the Day
Today I will be the dopest and illest me I can be.
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Is it just me or does Panera Bread coffee taste superisingly bad?
Just my opinon but I suggest they get rid of the current coffee guy and let the person who makes their pasteries start making the coffee too.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As always, John Y. Brown IIIis dead wrong. Panera hazelnut coffee is quite delicious. And superisingly is not a word. JYB III is a left-wing neo-con anti-Semitic Zionist anti-barista anti-dentite
