Trade Show Guru

Whether your children are grown up on not, and whether or not you have children, I strongly urge you to read this post. You won’t regret it. And it you don’t… 🙂 I’m what is often referred to as a mean dad. To put it another way, I am a parent. I am the law. […]

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I saw an awesome video of a chainsaw-powered B29 bomber model airplane a month or so ago, and filed it away in my memory in the event I might need a “filler post” over the holidays. Well, the day for that filler post has arrived. The video is nothing short of amazing. It takes a […]

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40 years ago, on Christmas eve, 1968, this famous photo “earthrise” was taken, when mankind saw our tiny blue and white planet from deep space for the first time. No matter how many times I see this photo, every time it gives me chills. Even more so, the story of Apollo 8, inspires and awes […]

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I puzzled, and puzzled, till my puzzler was sore… about what to write for this post. The following is what I came up with. It seems that with the end of the year fast approaching, there will be a lot of lists coming out, so I thought I’d beat the rush and get my list […]

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What is the Ultimate Christmas Gift? I know, but I don’t know. How’s that for a riddle? Isn’t that just the kind of “huh?” answer you’d expect from a guru? The ultimate Christmas gift is what you get for a person that already has everything they need. It’s the gift somebody needs but doesn’t know […]

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I became a huge proponent of CFL (compact fluorescent) light bulbs about three years ago. For those that don’t know, CFL light bulbs are the funny looking twisty type light bulbs. They use about 25% as much electricity as a standard incandescent light bulb, so, for instance, a 25watt CFL puts out as much light […]

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Next to the word “free“, I think the next most over-used word in marketing has to be “secrets“. I did a search on Google for the term “trade show secrets“. Google says there are 1,380,000 results. Wow. I looked through some of the results and had to chuckle. Here is what I saw: I like […]

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I don’t think businesses should be able to use the term “free” anymore, because it seems to me that 99% of the time, free ain’t free. BTW, reader be warned, this is a rant. I disclosed when I started this blog that I’d toss in an occasional rant. Truth is, this is only my second […]

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I wrote a while ago that I was going to review King Corn as my second movie review (my first review was Run Fatboy Run), so I’d better get it done before I completely forget what it was about. Actually, I saw King Corn several months ago (you can rent it from Netflix), but it made such an impression […]

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