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.)
A Pic of His Junk
Thanks to Peter for bringing the Give It A Ponder campaign to my attention. It's so great. I don't know if it will sell any telephones. But I do know that it raises issues of the ethics of speech. And deals with it intelligently. The very existence of this...
On Better Brainstorming
What a month. If I'm counting correctly, I've lead more than 30 hours of brainstorming during the past 30 days. Some of it has been informal, like a training session I led for my friend Ken Ackerman's Vistage group. But most of it has been highly...
One Cup of Coffee
Ever sit for 45 minutes with someone and he reads your mind and soul? Columbus Alive! Reporter John Ross gave me a lesson in listening a couple weeks ago. He asked about 10 fun questions and — within a day — produced this.Good friends have said, "He really...
Last Roll of 2009, your official invitation
When the going gets tough, the tough get bowling.My Lifelong Belief: Every great year includes some bowling. Status for 2009: You haven't bowled yet this year. So it's come to this... Plan: We are going bowling before nightfall on New Year's Eve. Why...
Consider The Mockingbird
When I played Felix Unger in The Odd Couple, I found myself becoming more Felix. I don't mean to claim that I'm some sort of method actor. That's too big a claim for a guy who can still claim to be an aspiring actor.Mark Berman (the BUGMAN) asks, "When does one stop...
SYLLABUS: “Marketing for Designers” (CCAD LA-341 Spring 2010)
While the college calls this course, "Marketing for Designers," I have designed it as an introduction to marketing theory, exploring consumer behavior. This semester, I am further integrating aspects of ethics and creativity — so that, eventually, the course will be...
How To Complete Your Retail Study
Here are the details for completing the Retail Study: 1. Read “The Science of Shopping” by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 11/4/96. Learn, in the article, about Paco Underhill's observations. 2. Download the Retail Study form. Just click here to download.3. Go to a...
I am a message in search of an audience.
Perhaps I have figured out, finally, what I am? I am a message in search of an audience. The message has to do with ethics, primarily ethical speech. And the audiences I seek are: creativity seekers, for whom ethical speech can help them discover, recover and heighten...
A Poem on Creativity
Never Again Would Bird's Song Be the SameRobert FrostHe would declare and could himself believeThat the birds there in all the garden roundFrom having heard the daylong voice of EveHad added to their own an oversound,Her tone of meaning but without the...
The Difference a Day Makes
Opening night amplified all my pre-show anxiety. As you already know. Dry mouth, from the moment I stepped on the stage. The three drinks of water I'm permitted — at specific times in the script, because the director is my zookeeper — did me no good. It was as if...
