Seattle style is a picture artists could paint and it wouldn’t look like Portland. But the comparisons never end. Get on the whine line and listen. Seattle traffic, Seattle housing, Seattle expansion. Look down the road and hear the same thing about Portland traffic, Portland housing, Portland expansion.
ALASKA AIRLINES PROMISE COMES THROUGH
July 17, 2022 by
An Alaska Airlines promise is different than Hawaiian Airlines. How different? Alaska sent a refund check this week, a refund Hawaiian couldn’t find a way to make. What’s the big difference? First with Alaska:
WHAT HURTS? HEMINGWAY SAID WRITE ABOUT IT
November 1, 2021 by
What hurts? Go ahead and tell me. This is a safe place. It doesn’t have to be a big hurt to matter. All the hurts add up, after all, then what do you get? What happens? I think you know what happens. I’ll go first on what hurts to pave the way.
GOOD INTENTIONS START TOMORROW
September 30, 2021 by
Why do good intentions pave the way to hell? Because of the follow up. More precise, it’s the lack of follow up. Say the right thing, then do the right thing and you stay out of hell. Does this sound right? Sounds like accountability to me. So why the gap between what is said and […]
AN HONEST TRUTH TRICK FOR YOUNG AND OLD
September 17, 2020 by
Young people in their 30’s want the honest truth. They ask me, “Is that true,” after I oversell a rare authority statement. Since they know my main fun in life is showing them how gullible they are, they ask. And, if they ask and it’s not true, I say it’s not true. If it is […]
DREAMS DIE? NO, THEY GET CROWDED OUT BY NEW DREAMS
July 7, 2020 by
Dreams die, or seem to die, because that’s what dreams do. Does anyone remember the dream they had last night better than the dreams they had as kids? When a dream is memorable as an adult, which way do they go: nightmare, or comfort? I lean toward the anxious side.
BLOGGER COMMUNITY, NOT A WRITING COMMUNITY
June 4, 2020 by
The blogger community runs parallel to the writing community. From most vantage points, it’s looks similar, but it’s not. The biggest difference is accountability, and that means money, a question of either making money, spending money, or both. The correct answer is both.
AUTHORITY MAN: KNOW THEM WHEN YOU SEE THEM, HEAR THEM
April 9, 2020 by
Authority man comes in all different shapes and sizes, but the flavor never changes. Even when they favor you and I, empathy leaves a slightly bitter taste. We cheer when authority man rules our way, but forget that we’re one misstep from being ruled against. Then what happens?
LEADERSHIP, LIFE: SAME OR DIFFERENT
February 12, 2019 by
“The winner in life depends on who dies with the most toys?” When was that a popular sentiment? And where? The first time I heard it was shop class making sand boards, the sort of woodworking project the region called for since we were surrounded by sandy beaches, sandy yards, and and endless realm of […]
ENOUGH LEADERSHIP? WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?
January 10, 2019 by
Talk to any reliable construction contractor about when enough is enough and they say two things: It’s enough when you run out of money to do more. And it’s enough when you run out of time and need to wrap things up. Ask any self respecting parent how they decide when enough is […]
