December 2010
23 posts
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to...
Another storm headed this way, so they’re saying on the news…..well, at least tomorrow is January 1st and we can look to just two more months of cold and snow….given the months go so fast nowadays I have a sense of optimism. It’s snowy and cold in Phoenix too…so even “Idea Guy” isn’t immune from this stuff….not this year…
The office is...
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are...
“Did you know about this?”…..(query from Idea Guy about our new health plan) .. I can’t delegate this one….
“Lets have a conference call”…..(protest from Good Guy about pre payment of debt)..I can’t delegate this one either…just gotta lose my temper….
“Fill out this form and we must have it in the office no later than noon...
"Don't be humble, you're not that great"...Golda...
“The building must be insured for it’s replacement value” …. I knowingly offered….the client looked my way and nodded….a few minutes later as “Serious Guy” was explaining the way the foreclosed property coverage works, he mentioned that the values for foreclosed properties needed to be based on the loan amount…..A light went on in my...
"Limited expectations yield only limited...
Ms. Wendy and Peter were off yesterday at noon…with a car full of “stuff”..memories the Mrs. wished to impart….then, the Mrs. and I decided to discard all the “leftovers” from the multiple feasts we had…my waist thanked me…..I sure don’t need anymore cookies or pie for God’s sake….
I’m stuck in the middle of something I...
"Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal...
I’m sitting here….with the grey dawn sky just breaking…..and I feel weary……..I left our guests at about 8:45 last night and fell instantly to sleep….then the usual waking and falling asleep routine that occurs all too often followed…5:30 am…up an at em….coffee down and still tired…
Ms. Wendy and her new husband graced us with their...
"A perpetual holiday is a good working definition...
So, using this title today means I’ll probably go to Hell..given this is the Christmas Holiday, much set aside to appease the Pagans as anything else..but a celebration of Christs birth nonetheless. The meaning of Christmas for many of us without conscious effort has lost most of its meaning…..the media and our economy has really helped in that regard hasn’t it?….And...
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor...
I’m sensing a growing amount of friction…..the partners and I have been doing quite well of late, yet through several conversations a certain tenseness forced by decisions not overly popular with the “team” seems to be at the root of this……
I spent a great deal of time….(more than a normal person should) in a state of total introspection last...
"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We...
Dark as can be, and 30 degrees…this is the warmest it’s been it seems for about two months……already 7:00 am and still the dawn hasn’t arrived….hmmmmm gotta check that winter solstice thing….
Lot’s more unproductive activity today….I’m told the “Claus’s” will be paying us a visit at the office this morning….little...
"One of the hardest tasks of leadership is...
Another gray sky…..barren tree’s yet warmer weather…..the snow yesterday sure left a beautiful site in the wooded area to the rear of the house…..we made great headway getting the house ready for Friday evening’s festivities..but I needed to take the day off to get the lifting and moving done…..and I really have a hectic week ahead….given I haven’t...
"This became a credo of mine...attempt the...
“There must be a hole in this large enough to put stuff in!”… “Well, if it’s for fifteen people, you can bet on it” came the reply….”Well, last year, it was all closed up, and the Mrs wanted me to use Cub this year because of it”….”I’ll see to it myself” said the Butcher at Byerly’s. “Ok, and it needs those...
"Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they...
Busy signal….hmmm, the Mrs must be on the phone to one of her family members..I wanted to tell her I was going to the hospital and wouldn’t be home right away…i’ll call later…this at 2:30 pm…..
“Uncle Ted, don’t you make enough money to buy a decent pair of shoes?”….this from my nephew Scott….who had just arrived at the...
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort...
“We want to stay with your agency, but you’re too expensive”, our new client told “Bright Eyed Gal”….. seems these folks just purchased a restaurant in St. Paul from one of our old clients…..”we got a quote in the mail from another agency and they are a LOT cheaper”….
They must really want to stay with our agency…they sent the...
"Knowledge is the only instrument of production...
“This time I’m really scared”…..”I just don’t think I’m coming off the table”….
My younger brothers comments to me last night on the phone…Maybe this time, his fear will be the necessary motivation to quit smoking…..He has to go in to the hospital on Thursday for another “procedure” for his heart…..wake up...
"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible...
“I got it”…exclaimed Potential Guy…..”I wrote another account”….excited…and proud…
I was a bit proud of him too…..now, if he could just do the same thing four times a month he’d be a big success…and I could go home at night and pridefully know I had something to do with it….yet…..
“Was the old policy a...
"Time for the weather report. It's cold out folks....
Over a foot of snow!….what am I complaining about…anyone reading this is probably in the same boat as me….(except “Idea Guy”)…he’s in Phoenix…Good place to be right now, oh….and it’s -1 degree this morning.
…..there is at least three feet of snow at our front door…the snow removal guys finally plowed out our...
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the...
So, we get a call from one of our carriers… “We’re sending your clients account to collections…. he won’t respond to our audit!”…
This happens from time to time in spite of the fact that we caution our clients that the policies they purchase for their businesses are often times audit-able…. General Liability and Worker’s comp....
"Honest differences are often a healthy sign of...
Sixteen degree’s, still dark and I have to get to a Board Meeting for “Old Arizona”, my “not for profit” this morning….meeting is at 8:30 and its in the middle of the city..so traffic in addition to the weather will slow my trek….
“Idea Guy” will be winging his way to Phoenix by then. We met at Joe Sensor’s last night along with...
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is...
The phone rang three times….I looked and it was “Potential Guy”…..he was as giddy as a three year old on Christmas morning….
“I did it….I did it”….he exclaimed…..”you did what? ” I queried…as I prepared for the news….
“I made you an appointment”…..I sighed…….and looking to the...
"Drive thy business or it will drive thee"....
No blog site yesterday…..and I got up at five and wrote a blog anyway…it’s posted….but I’m committed to one per day during the work week….and discipline is important, even in small things..so creativity be damned….I push forward…with my Tuesday edition.
Idea Guy popped his head into my office yesterday…..
“I was talking to Lyle and...
There is no security on this earth, there is only...
God it’s cold…. for December anyway…. the car wash broke the license plate cover off the Jag on Friday. So, I went to the auto parts store, and picked up a new one….my garage isn’t heated, so either I’m lazy or just don’t want to drill holes and screw things into metal in 16 degree weather….so, since I need some other maintenance issues addressed,...
"Some of my best leading men have been Horses".....
What did the horse say to the Vet?….. I’m feeling a little Hoarse…nope
Where do horses go when they’re ill?…. to a horspital….nope
A Cowboy rides into town on Thursday…leaves three days later on Thursday…how is that possible?….. His horses name is Thursday…..NOPE!
Check the idea on telling horse jokes..a four year old would roll their...
"Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the...
My world is laden with paperwork. In the “information age” and “Techno age” try as we might, there is no end to paper…….these are my thoughts at 6:00 a.m., while it’s still dark and looks cold outside…..(I thought computers would eliminate all that paper?)
Yesterday was a somewhat uneventful one in terms of productivity…. I spent most of the...
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it...
This has to be the coldest November…errrr… I guess it’s December 1st…so it must HAVE been the coldest November in years…..and the outlook for December isn’t much better…. one of the benefits of getting older is that time goes so fast, it’ll be spring in no time….of course, I’ll be that much closer to the dirt nap….but until then...