salesmanship

salesmanship

  “There is a moment in a sales pitch when an arm around the shoulder or a hand on the back will help swing the deal. . . But you must know that moment! Try it too soon and you kill the deal—too late and you’ve lost your opportunity.”  Julius...
stand-up comedy, open mic

stand-up comedy, open mic

  “We move through our career stiffly, step by step like in a Noh play with masks, shrieking song: Me, it’s Me! Whoever’s defeated is represented by a rolled-up blanket.” Tomas Tranströmer, The Gallery   Hello. How’s everybody...
what happened was . . .

what happened was . . .

THE QUIET MAN (1952) A retired American boxer returns to the village where he was born in Ireland, where he finds love. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949) Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian...
oppressed?

oppressed?

                                          what do you think the occupy protesters...
a drummer with a voice

a drummer with a voice

“I never wanted to be well-rounded, and I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges, because those edges cut...