Life and Lemons

There are quite a few analogies about life and lemons out there, and my favorite is probably about opening a lemonade stand. Or, a vodka lemon spritzer maybe? Even though lemonade stands conjure up the idea of summer and sun-shiny Read More …

This Is You

Marketing in general tries to say “this is you” and if what comes next, before or is shown – resonates with you – well then, you have already bought into it. E-mail messages that are geared just to you. Promotional Read More …

Help Yourself

Sometimes you just have to decide to help yourself.  There are plenty of reasons: to take care of you. to be an advocate for your wishes. to become something more. to learn something valuable. to relax. to eat first. to Read More …

Geek Fun

Thank goodness for organizations like Pixar, Apple, Nintendo and Disney for making being a geek fun. Spending a few hours (again) at the Pixar exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philly shows how many different types of careers are needed Read More …

Don’t Ruin It

I am sure I know what my son (and plenty of other meat-a-tarians that we know and love) would look at this picture and think “don’t ruin it“. Too often we take a perfectly simple and good thing – even Read More …