Do You Have ADHP (Advertising Delusional Health Problems)?
Have you noticed how we're drowned with ills and maladies and their cures and remedies? During the unceasing bombardment (arthritis, incontinence, cognitive decline, diabetes, breathing issues, lack of mobility/flexibility, hair loss, facial lines and wrinkles, vision deterioration, muscle aches, skin
Could You Speak Up, They Can’t Hear You Out in the Street
When I'm subjected to groups of five or more in restaurants screaming like crazy (and they're not drunk—yet) I imagine that it's the only way they could gain attention growing up and have never lost the habit. It's like eating
Solve This
Notice the explosion of social media "puzzles" by people claiming "99% fail to solve this"? There is zero source for that statistic, of course, and it's a sad attempt to try to prove the writer is smarter than everyone else!
The Top 11 Reasons to…..
Okay, someone has to say this in a public forum: The crap on Linkedin about "best leaderships styles," "what happens when you age," "identifying toxic behaviors" and so on, complete with AI cartoons, charts, graphs ("slop"?) are just nonsense, like
We Won’t Be Leaving Home Anymore Out of an Abundance of Caution
To me, "an abundance of caution" is a phrase used by those people who are afraid to engage in even prudent risk. In terms of absolute safety from lawsuits, some lawyers would tell you not to open the office, or have
It’s Not Dental Equipment, It’s the New Smile
People seek to lower the costs of "things": wrenches, TVs, movies, watches. But they invest in perceived value of the above: tools that are safe, great entertainment, being with the "in"crowd, sating their ego. Don't spend time on what you do
Who’s in Charge Here?
I find it more than slightly ironic that France announced it was implementing new laws preventing youth from accessing parts of the internet, while at the same time the New York Times reported that Australia's previous launch of such laws
Non-Polarization
Many people have told me that in their travels they realize that people all over are far more similar than dissimilar, perhaps to the tune of 90%. I've found the same thing. My contrarian view is that we are not really
Against the Odds
Watching the World Cup, I've always wondered about people who don't have their own favorite playing in the game and who root for the underdog all the time. Is that a reflection on their self-image of being the underdog in
There’s Speed and Then There’s Safety
The search for perfection is like believing you need to be the fastest runner when a bear enters your camp. You merely need to be the second slowest to live another day.