I have been writing this blog for a long time. Pretty much every week since 2005, I have
been posting my thoughts, opinions, theories, and awful sporting
predictions. (Exception this year, I did
call the Super Bowl- thank you very much.) I have enjoyed doing it a great deal
but I must say the last several weeks have been the most fun I have had doing
this in a very long time. You, the
readership, have been incredibly engaged.
The amount of feedback I have been experiencing has been a blast. It is awesome to see people are interested in
the subjects I hit here like education, technology, talent, and heck I even got
a handful of notes about Taylor Swift too.
While I created this forum for me to release my feelings and act as
therapy, it is also for you to have an outlet of your feelings and issues. And I am thrilled it continues to fill that
role!
Elsewhere…
-- Speaking of education, several weeks ago I mentioned SAPA’s
Commercial B&C Academy as a great learning opportunity. It was held a week or so back and the
feedback I have received on it was great- people from all over North America
attending and some serious learning going on.
Congrats to the gang there for their efforts and I will surely do all I
can to attend the next one in person!
-- A quick “Get Well Soon” wish to good friend Steve O’Hollaren
of ICD. Can’t wait to see you back out
on the road and at the shows!
-- Enjoyed the Glass Magazine “G3” piece this month. It was the “Expectations for 2013” question
and the three folks featured Mike Turner of YKK, Sue Moore of Moore Glass, and
Scott Thomsen of Guardian Industries did a great job of hitting the important
pieces of the year ahead. By the way, I
really like this feature- it is a quick and interesting way to get insight and
opinions from some very fascinating people.
-- As a marketing guy it will be very interesting to see if Carnival
Cruise lines do anything to change the current perception in the
marketplace. Last week’s debacle with
the ship broken down in sea gave so much negative attention to the line, I have
to wonder how they bounce back. Heck the
whole industry suffered mightily as even though these ships are “floating
cities” when things go wrong, you are really going to be in an ugly place.
-- For the record, I haven’t had a desire to take a cruise,
after this event, even the slim desire is gone.
I’ll stick to land.
-- Last week was the Grammy Awards and my comments are simple…
Taylor Swift did not sing the song I liked and the show lacked that awesome
performance they had in years past (like Bruno Mars in 2012). Too bad.
-- Last this week… a meteor hit Russia. How is this not bigger news? If one hit the US it would easily be the 2nd
biggest story of the day behind Marco Rubio drinking water or someone learning
the Harlem Shake dance. Seriously
though, the meteor hit was an insane event and scary. And from a glass standpoint, one story noted
that more than a million square feet of glass was broken after impact. Really big story that somehow, at least in my
viewing, did not get the attention it deserves.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Interesting photo bomb here… and on a side note, how is this
guy going to get confirmed with his past?
-- A mini meth lab on a golf course… in the porta potty… wild.
-- Meet a very cool Jeopardy contestant and the awesome way he
answered the final question.
VIDEO of the WEEK
Very cool story from Brandon, Manitoba…. Where a college
basketball coach at Brandon University just won a student free tuition by
hitting a half court shot. Love stuff
like this!
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