The death knell of image making has been sounding for months, if not years. Trying to paper mache a beautiful facade over a turd just doesn't work in a world where people who know what's really up can post YouTube videos, blog their experiences, twitter some links, update wikipedia articles, and spr...

Putting the March 11 episode up early since I only slept three hours last night, and I have a doctor's appointment at 10:30 a.m., so there's no way I'll still be up at midnight. As the title suggests, this episode is a bit of a mixed bag -- a little this, a little that, some of it music that has nea...

Those of you who follow my blog should have noticed a new look and feel today!  If you receive this missive in your email box via an RSS feed, I encourage you to stop by www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com to see the new look. As most of you know, I'm quite serious about helping organizations realize that ...

Everyone who begins the journey of writing a marketing plan usually looks at the Executive Summary section early on in the process. A Marketing Plan Summary is usually 1-3 pages long and the goal is to summarize the entire marketing and possibly sales plan into something digestible by new readers an...

What I'm about to describe here sounds almost like a parody of suburb street-development-by-plumbers, but this is what's on the table tonight at the Board of Public Works Meeting: *LETTER FOR GREENDALE RELATIVE TO A JOINT APPLICATION FOR S. 51ST STREET – RAWSON AVENUE TO COLLEGE AVENUE FOR...

Theme: Curious George Though I did hire out the activities portion to a nearby kids' gymnastics center, I managed to home-make a variety of things to go along with the theme. The party place provided plenty of fun activities led by someone other than me, brightly-colored paper goods, juice for the k...

As Albany lawmakers ponder which of a half-dozen Ravitch plan variations they might support, the possibility looms that no solution may come in time. New Yorkers could see their fares rise 25 percent while service is cut back -- a twin catastrophe in this tough economic time. Yet no big new ideas ar...

The Man-Child appears to be unsure of what hand to raise to return a proper salute. The expression on the face of the helicopter pilot says it all: "What an arrogant primping turkey we've got for a president." Well, Obama, are you or are you not a socialist? "Well...hmmm...uh...well...let me just sa...

Just as you believe that maybe, perhaps, the tide is turning and the government that is charged with the responsibility and care of those most in need — the severely mentally ill who are hospitalized — actually “gets” it, you read a story like this one. Raquel Padilla was dis...

Weddings are big things to organise, especially when you’re not one of the lucky blighters that can afford wedding planners. And when you’re a man with the organisational skills of a worm (that’s me I’m talking about, folks), it’s a tough nut to crack. There’s no ...