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Just Get Me A Box
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Just Get Me A Box

By Brendan Murray

September 30, 2021

Originally Published: Editor’s Note:  Ever since Alice and I counted 47 container ships in line as we drove the PCH from Long Beach to Laguna Nigel a few months ago,...
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Baby Don’t Leave Me Alone With My Thoughts
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Baby Don’t Leave Me Alone With My Thoughts

By Lake Street Dive

September 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  Alice and I were enjoying a walk on the Deschutes River near Bend, Oregon, when a band named “Lake Street Dive” was doing a sound check for their...
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You Handle
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You Handle

By Anthony Gittens

September 30, 2021

You show wisdom by trusting people; You handle leadership by serving; You handle offenders by forgiving; You handle money by sharing; You handle enemies by loving -Anthony Gittens
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Who are you talking to?
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Who are you talking to?

By Tim McCarthy

September 30, 2021

In every marketing presentation for thirty years, my opening theme is the same: tell me how you build, update and use your customer lists and I’ll tell you how efficient...
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Leonardo Da Vinci

By Walter Isaacson

September 30, 2021

Editor’s comment:  Isaacson rides again, making a well-chronicled figure interesting in a different way, as he did with Einstein and Jobs.  His research is outstanding and it helps a non-artist...
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The Opposite of Congress
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The Opposite of Congress

By Trent Hinger21

September 30, 2021

If con is the opposite of pro, then is Congress the opposite of progress?  -Trent Hinger21
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

By Tim McCarthy

August 30, 2021

Editor’s Note: David Niven and Steve Martin play con men in this movie, taking money from rich women by pretending Niven will marry them.   I still crack up every...
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She’s Leaving Home
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She’s Leaving Home

By John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Manuel Barrueco, David Tanenbaum

August 30, 2021

Editor’s Note:   The great legacy of the Beatles is in two pillars: 1. They explored a variety of musical approaches much wider than anyone before or since and 2....
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Take the Time
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Take the Time

By Richard T. Good

August 30, 2021

Take whatever time you think it will take, Tim, to start your business and double it.   Then, triple that. - Richard T. Good
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The First Tee
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The First Tee

By Tim McCarthy

August 30, 2021

My partner, Jake Crocker, often says that business deals are “won or lost on the first tee”. The first time he said this to me it caught my attention, and...
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Life Changing Books
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Life Changing Books

July 31, 2021

A young friend who is working on a pivot in his life asked me what books he should read during such introspection. It didn’t take long for me to share...
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Everybody’s Had the Blues
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Everybody’s Had the Blues

By Merle Haggard

July 31, 2021

Editor’s note:  I ran into this obscure cover of an old Haggard song performed on 1993 Blues Summit CD by BB King and Joe Louis Walker and I could only...
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Best is the Enemy
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Best is the Enemy

By Voltaire

July 31, 2021

"The best is the enemy of the good" -Voltaire
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August Laugh
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August Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2021

Today, an old lady at the bank asked me to help check her balance... so I gave her a push.  via GIPHY
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July Humor
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July Humor

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2021

Agency : Sir, we found 3 candidates as per your requirements. How do you want their placements, sir? Hire : Put about 100 bricks in a closed room. Then send...
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A Walk in the Woods
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A Walk in the Woods

By Bill Bryson

June 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  When I featured Bryson’s “The Body”, a good friend recommended this book which is hilariously funny.  Written in the late ‘90s, Bryson details his (and a friend’s) non-hiker...
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Fly Like an Eagle
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Fly Like an Eagle

By Steve Miller Band

June 30, 2021

Editor’s note: Steve Miller Blues Band was never on my primary play list but I always enjoyed his work.  This was his urgent call (time keeps on slipping) to the...
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Free Hand and Imperfect Heroes
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Free Hand and Imperfect Heroes

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2021

A dear friend and wonderful private blogger, Carll Tucker, wrote me after reading last month’s newsletter to ask what Father Norm Smith, one of those I admired , meant by...
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Grievance and Possibility
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Grievance and Possibility

By Seth Godin

May 31, 2021

"Grievance and possibility have confusing roots. Grievance isn’t about grieving. In fact, it’s the opposite. Grievance is the narrative of getting even. Possibility doesn’t itemize everything that’s possible. Instead, it...
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June Joke
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June Joke

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2021

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Yellow Moon
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Yellow Moon

By Aaron Neville

May 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  I’m not even including a favorite lyric in this note because this is a pure rhythm and blues, New Orleans rock/jazz, toe-tapper from generational musicians, performed live at...
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