By now you have all probably heard that on Thursday two pop stars lost their lives. Farrah Fawcett lost her three year battle with cancer Thursday morning and Michael Jackson died Thursday afternoon of an apparent heart attack. One of my readers asked if I would be posting about Michael Jackson and, at the time, I didn't think I would be. Communication FUNdamentals is mostly about humor and communication skills. Other than a few media stories in recent years, I haven't really followed Mr. Jackson's life so I wasn't going to comment. However, shortly after his death, there appeared to be some conflicting communication about the cause of his death coming from the transcripts of the 911 tape. It appeared...
Ever wonder what it would look like if farmers were like car salesmen? Here's a glimpse from the folks at Good Clean Funnies List.net: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A farmer had been taken advantage of several times by the local car dealer. One day, the car dealer informed the farmer that he was coming over to purchase a cow. The farmer priced his cow as follows: # Basic cow........................... $499.95 # Shipping and handling................. 35.75 # Extra stomach......................... 79.25 # Two-tone exterior.................... 142.10 # Produce storage compartment.......... 126.50 # Heavy-duty straw chopper............. 189.60 # Four-spigot/high-output drain system. 149.20 # Automatic fly swatter................. 88.50 # Genuine cowhide upholstery........... 179.90 # Deluxe dual horns..................... 59.25 # Automatic fertilizer attachment...... 339.40 # 4 x 4 traction...
What is wrong with THIS picture?! This has not been a good week for me or for my Grace Talk Soup co host! She has had some family emergencies and will not be able to make the show today. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. I've had a cold for over a week now. Just the old sore throat and stuffy nose thing. Nothing to write blog about. I thought it was going away til the other day when I got hit hard with, I don't know WHAT. I don't feel like I have the flu because I don't really have any body aches or fever. But BOY HOWDY do I feel awful! I kind of feel...
Communication Lessons from Shakespeare While going through my email files, I found the following quote: "Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood." ~William Shakespeare Shakespeare packs quite a lot into this one line and I thought it so profound that I wanted to disect it to get the full impact of what he is saying here. Shakespeare says that conversation should be pleasant without scurrility. Scurrility is abusive language or a rude remark. This is quite unique today with the invention of electronic communication such as you are reading here. More and more I see people who feel free or even justified to be rude just because they don't...
Be careful where you purchase your Bible! LOL Christian comedian Bone Hampton: Irregular Bible. Too funny!
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