Jan
21
As many of you know, last Wednesday, Wisconsinites turned in enough petitions to trigger a recall election of our Governor. Whew. Yeah, yeah pending a review by the Government Accountability Board and challenges of legitimate signatures by the Walker camp . . . yadda, yadda, yadda. Seriously though–we got this thing. Where was I . …
Jun
19
“If I could give three words of advice, they would be ‘tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add: ‘All the time.’ –Randy Pausch, in, The Last Lecture Here’s the thing we have to remember: Politicians use language. They search for phrases that will resonate hypnotically within us. Good political phrases are …
May
30
I love to end the year with my students by studying Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. It’s a unit about personal growth, and change, and challenges, and transformation, and death and rebirth . . . and maturing. In the early stages of the Journey we typically see “the hero” as naive. We define that as often …
May
23
. . .You won’t like her when she’s angry. May 23, 2011 Customer Service Center Ford Credit P.O. Box 542000 Omaha, NE 68154-8000 Dear Customer Service Center: I am so disappointed in your service! My husband and I bought a Ford Escape in 2001. It was financed through your credit department. We paid off the …
Apr
07
Once, there was a farmer. He might have lived in Wisconsin, or he might have lived in China. I don’t think it matters much. The important thing is, the dude didn’t have much money. I mean he had to plow his fields with an old horse. One afternoon, while working in the field, the horse …
Mar
07
You know? I think I’m starting to come around. I recently received another semi-personal-mass mailing . . . okay–it was a form letter. I’ll admit it. Still, it was a letter, right? I mean, sure. Maybe it was a little vague, and it didn’t really address some of the real deep concerns many of us …
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