Post-Christmas Do-It-Yourself Project Stymies Consumer Laggard
(Central Valley Business Times, December 2015) Laggards, in marketing lingo, are consumers that ride the tail end of the Diffusion Curve. Whether it’s computers,...
Upcoming Trivia Bee to be a Jocular Event
“To speak well and eloquently is a great art, but an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” Wolfgang Amadeus...
Too Bad Will Rogers Isn’t Around for the 2016 Election
“Politics is applesauce.” Will Rogers William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers (1879 –1935) was a Cherokee cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor. He...
Quotes from Famous People – Teddy Roosevelt
“When you are asked to do a job, tell ’em ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” Teddy...
Christmas Tree Hunt is Annual Tradition
Don’t call the Sierra Club. The wood we chop isn’t for building or heating. We are Christmas tree hunters—amateur lumberjacks that thin the forest...
Phooey, Let’s Gain Weight Over Thanksgiving
“If you think about a Thanksgiving Dinner, it’s really like making a large chicken.” Ina Garten, Host of Barefoot Contessa, Food Network It’s not...
Maggie’s Run for Office Breaks Drought
(Originally published in the Chico Enterprise-Record, November 2012) “Humility is tricky. Once you think you have it, you’ve lost it.” Etc. Guy aka Eric...
Kid’s Quitting is Okay with Dad
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” W. C. Fields...
Daughter’s Make-up Saves Dad Before Photo-shoot
No one knows the hour nor day. I’m not referring to prophecy, but to an odd situation everyone invariably suffers, whether you’re a...