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.)
Round Trip
Several years ago, I was sightseeing in the beloved Negev Desert. Our group had paused in a heavily visited wadi — where passers-by had left thousands of cigarette butts. Disappointed by the litter, I asked our Israeli tourguide, "Why...
Teaching Creativity at Ohio State
I am so glad to be teaching another section of my course on creativity, starting on September 22nd at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business. Personal Creativity and Innovation (BUS-MHR 390)With the guidance of Michael Camp, I've taken the best...
One Bud, Well Bit
In the fall of 1978, I arrived at Yale to a class welcome by the then new president of Yale, A. Bartlett Giamatti. Bart talked funny.He couldn't help it. He'd read too much Dante. During his Welcome Address To The Incoming Class of 1982, he compared his own...
Dancing With The Big Kids
I'm suddenly surrounded by people who know more than I do. I'm always with someone who knows more than I do. (Everyone knows something I don't.) But, now, in this experience, I am surrounded by people who are much more experienced than I am. A Freshman At...
One great show. One night only.
Two weeks from this Saturday, on August 20th, I'll be appearing in a play called Circle Mirror Transformation. One night only. It's a wonderful piece that's won a ton of awards all over the country, but there are more reasons to encourage you to attend. An...
A Respectful Request
You're smart. You know smart people. I need to meet a few smart people. So, I'm asking you to introduce me to one (or more). My MotivationYears ago, I needed more perspective. I was becoming stale as a business owner. And I felt "lonely at...
Not Yet Enough
I'm not sorry. Not about this. The recently publicized scandal at News International — about hacking phones and bribing police — has drawn an official letter of apology from News Corporation's Chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch. But his apology falls...
About Your Complaint
Remember my grandfather, Andy Sokol, of blessed memory? Net Cotton Content is named for him. (That story is here.) As a self-made man, a true-life, up-from-the-boot-straps Horatio Alger, my grandfather didn't have much patience for people who kvetched about their...
A Dream Comes True
I have tried to be merciful with you, my friend. Merciful — and not mercenary. There is no advertising on Net Cotton Content. I write for free. (Sometimes I request donations to charities.) I have only very rarely spoken of SpeakerSite, the business suggested...
Want an occasional shot of creativity?
So, reading a blog can be too much. Too many messages. Too much blather. Don't want every dit and dot from Net Cotton Content? (Can't blame you.) How About A Smaller Dose Of Creativity?I'm offering an occasional email — not more than eight times a year...
