Is an annual physical exam always a good idea? Maybe not. A young, healthy male might only need a physical every 1-5 years. Sexually active women, however, do need an annual pelvic exam. Family history an important factor in frequency of exams. For Dr. Domke, the talking part, the interview, is most important part of the exam.
Sayonara Honorable Bamboo House
I’ve had my last Broccoli-Chicken. My last Chinese Ice Tea. Bamboo House is will be no more after tomorrow. Located in the local mall food-court, Bamboo House was manned by hard-working, efficient, nice people. Egg Roll or Crab Rangoon? Crab Rangoon, please.
Corporate blogging
Clyde (the president/CEO of our company) popped in this morning with a page torn from the December 26, 2005 issue of Forbes. It was an article (“My Life As a Blogger”) by Rich Karlgaard, the publisher. Our CEO is not a blogger (yet) but he likes reading them and commenting.
Forbes did a cover story a couple of months ago, titled: “Attck of the Blogs” that was pretty much full of shit. So I was surprised at how clued-in Mr. Karlgaard is. He’s been blogging for a couple of months and concludes (full post):
- Blogging is not overhyped.
- Don’t judge blogging by the “average” blog.
- The best bloggers write about what they know, and when the don’t know, they link to more knowledgeable sources.
- Blogs really do threaten the mainstream media.
- Good companies and honest businesspeople have little to fear from bloggers. Bad companies and shady dealers will get their heads handed to them in the blogosphere.
Forbes and Learfield don’t fully grok “the blogging thing” yet but they will, because they have really smart guys at the top. Which is, of course, how they got there.
Bonus link: Interesting post by Doc Searls on corporate blogging, branding, etc.
Life After the 30-Second Spot
Between XM, Tivo, HBO, the nano, and the web…I don’t see or hear that many 30-second commercials anymore. So I don’t know why it should be difficult for me to imagine Life After the 30-Second Spot, the title and premise of Joseph Jaffe’s latest book. But it is. Maybe it’s because our company sells a LOT of 30-second spots.
The forward, written by Don E. Schultz, Professor Emeritus-in-Service at Northwestern University, sets the tone of the book:
Media advertising, as we have known, practiced, and worshipped it for the past 60 or so years, is in trouble. Big trouble. And it’s not going to get well. Ever.
I’m about half-way through the book and highlighting something on every other page. Jaffe might be full of shit, but just in case he’s only half-full, anyone remotely connected to advertising supported media should read this book.
Who do you resemble?
This genealogy website compares the facial characteristics of an uploaded photo to those of celebrity photos in their database. My best match (61%) was Jean Chretien, the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. I look less like Paul Newman (44%) and bear a similar resemblance to Barbara Streisand and George W. Bush (42%). Thanks to Jeff who is the spitting image of Jack Ruby, Steven Spielberg and Christina Aguilera.