This month’s installment: “I was misquoted!” (some oldies, but goodies) “Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.” Brooke Shields in an interview to become spokesperson for an anti-smoking campaign. “I haven’t committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.” David Dinkins,… Read more »
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Miss Communication
Back when I was working in Finance at my last company, I started up a newsletter for the Finance group (about 240 employees). When I began, it was a little 4-page thing (really just two-pages, front and back) and I managed to keep it up more or less regularly on a monthly basis. As the… Read more »
Blast from the Past – #5 of 2011: “A name by any other name”
Beginning our “Best of 2011” series of most popular blogs with #5: Funny how even simple things become convoluted sometimes. For most of my life, I have been called Jeff. Only my moms (mom and step-mom) have always called me Jeffrey. It’s not something that bothers me, since it’s a common practice with all names. … Read more »
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