Ahhh, the joys of Facebook. You know, you get all those friends from High School and college wanting to reconnect. You message back and forth a few times and then get busy with life again. Well, I got reconnected with Tim Schigel last fall. He and I were fraternity brothers at Case Western. We used to play in a band we founded called Skydiver because we actually went skydiving during out first couple weeks of college and couldn’t really think of a better name. (more...)
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ShareThis, not that
By admin in Public Relations
Jul
29
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Perspective - Simple Advice from a man named Jones
By admin in Public Relations
Jul
29
Ever had someone see something great in you and you laughed it off, fearful of being too prideful? Or some destructive habit you enjoy and are too stubborn to let anyone stop you from continuing (it’s your life after all)? It’s so hard to get outside of who we think we are to see us as we were meant to be. It’s like the difference in how you view a cornfield maze depending on whether you are walking amidst the stalks or seeing it from a view high above after getting dropped out an airplane in a tandem skydive. (more...)
Nashville…Hockey Town?
By admin in Public Relations
Jul
7
HTML clipboardThe Nashville Predators are in the playoffs for the 2nd straight season.
It looks like Nashville might be becoming a hockey town eh? We do have a lot of canadians. 
I love going to these games. It’s a great sport for a great city. Nashville is becoming.
Guilty Before Proven Innocent?
By admin in Public Relations
Jul
7
HTML clipboardIt seems like everyone has already decided that Barry Bonds is guilty of anything that anyone wants to accuse him of. Everywhere I look…Barry…Steroids…Guilty…Perjury…
It is a crappy thing if you ask me. Let the guy play baseball!!!!!!!!! I still LOVE to watch this guy swing the bat. IF he is proven guilty, THEN do and talk…
If you get the chance to watch “Bonds On Bonds” on ESPN Tuesday nights. Pretty cool TV I must say. You get to see a lot more of Barry Bonds than the media would like for you to see.
I guess I am just sick of hearing about how Barry is a sinning scum of a person. But, hey don’t listen to me…I like Pete Rose, Kobe Bryant, and the music of Michael Jackson.
Humility
By admin in Public Relations
Jul
7
“Humility is a manner, a viewpoint, an all-encompassing thing…Humility is expressed through actions;…it can be demonstrated simply by stopping and listening to someone. It’s essence is putting others ahead of yourself.
…A real test of humility is how you handle criticism. The natural reaction is to throw up an immediate defense, a quick excuse, a spontaneous rebuttal. The humble way to handle criticism is to try to understand the reasons for the criticism, to look for what truth there might be in it.”
Bloggers as Ombudsman
By admin in Public Relations
May
26
The recent fight between bloggers and the Washington Post provides the best example of the emerging role of bloggers in the public debate. Bloggers have become the Ombudsman of the traditional media.
The Blogs On Cheney’s Shooting
By admin in Public Relations
May
26
Left-leaning blogs have been fairly unanimous in condemning DIck Cheney, Scott McClellan and other Bush administration officials for their handling of the Harry Whittington shooting. Right-leaning blogs have revealed a split in Read the rest of this entry »
The Blogosphere: Changing the Face of American Politics
By admin in Public Relations
Jun
30
Banking off the success of Howard Dean’s 2004 online fundraising campaign, liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (head of www.thedailykos.com and co-author of “Crashing the Gates”) and the hundreds of others who joined him in Las Vegas for the first annual YearlyKos convention last July, seem to be attempting to re-vamp the Progressive movement by tapping into the blogosphere. Read the rest of this entry »