Poetry for Dogs
My book, Throw Me A Bone: Poetry For Dogs, includes 31 poems written purportedly for a canine audience.
It’s available on Amazon — http://poetryfordogs.com — and priced to generate funds for three humane societies. (Writing poetry is not my get-rich-quick scheme, not a pyramid of dogs with you at the bottom. No.)
First Question
What do you ask someone you have just met? How can you ask a question that will get to the essence? Of course, if you want idle chitchat, you can ask a question about something else: the weather, that tree over there, the painting on the wall. They aren't...
A play, a sermon, a poem
Holy shirt! Something has happened. Something good. A sudden burst of productivity. During this week, amid a delightful crush of workaday (whatever that means) appointments, presentations and travel, I have also written: a play, a sermon, a poem. The play is called...
Psst. Wanna hear some lectures on marketing?
For the first time, after two decades of teaching, I believe I just might have reached the level of competence. And you are invited. On Mondays at 6:45 p.m., I am at CCAD for a dozen weekly lectures on consumer behavior, teaching a course called Marketing:...
What Young People Think
The older I get, the more I risk misunderstanding today's youth. When I owned an advertising agency, it was my profession to find insight on younger demographics. I also sought insight on older demographics, but that was easier. I knew them personally. Now, my...
Organizing Documents
Maybe it's because I'm a recovering English major. But, if it's important, I write it down. Sometimes, it becomes important because it gets written down. By "it," I mean "anything." Bing! Bing! Bing!So, as I look around the home...
The Time of Your Life
In the long run, you will run out of time before you run out of money. So why do we treat time cheaply, even when we are stingy with our money? It's just a lack of mindful application of time. Why don't we spend some time thinking about time management?...
Vacating of the Daily
The entrepreneur called with a curious question. This was years ago. He was a young man, early in life: unmarried, no kids. But, like being measured in dog years, he was much older in entrepreneur years. He was the first person I had ever heard use the...
Meeting The New Boss (repeat)
[I don't like to repeat posts, but this one has been much on my mind. It first appeared here in 2007.] Taxi Driver Well, the job interview was weird, but they offered me the job. I went to work, 22, living with my girlfriend in her summer rental on Mercer Street...
Hello, Graduates. (Chapter Two)
After last year's graduation speech, the fine educators and families at Village Academy asked me back to give this year's graduation speech. Here's last year's. And here's this year's. * * * * * June 6, 2012 Friends Thank...
Remembering Your Name
Five years ago, my first college reunion, the 25th anniversary of the graduation of the Yale Class of 1982, changed my life. You've read about that. This weekend, I returned for the next one, the 30th Reunion. A smaller affair — the 25th is always The Big One —...
