I wasn't aware, but I guess, family reunions are big this time of year. I just spent an amazing weekend with my sister and her family. Our families hadn't seen each other in a year since they helped us move to Arizona from California. I learned three vitally important lessons from being so far away from most of my family this past year. First, relationships cannot flourish without communication. You cannot develop, strengthen or grow a relationship without communicating with each other. You cannot let too much time go by without picking up the phone, typing out an email or writing a letter before you feel disconnected from your loved ones. Second, relationships are built much easier, faster and deeper...
By now you have no doubt heard that Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, has resigned. There is a great deal of speculation about her reasons, timing and her future political career. Both Republicans and Democrats alike were taken by surprise and are not quite sure what to think about it. How did she come across? Did she answer questions with her speech? What did she leave unanswered? I thought I would give my opinion of what her speech did and didn't do. The left says Palin gave no reason for her leaving office, is running away because she isn't qualified, can't take the spotlight's close look at her life, is erratic in her behavior and can't be trusted. The right...
Though it is logical and mathematical, search engines don't have human intuition or insight. How often have you searched for something like "Whale Songs" and come up with 200 versions of New York, New York?
Well, there's a new search engine in town and its name is Bing.com that has the most hysterically funny commercials illustrating the frustrating communication with the technology involved when using the world wide web for information.
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Humor: A Powerful Communication Tool? By JoJo Tabares In the olde days of kings who ruled with absolute power, only the court jester could safely tell the King the truth, mediated through humor. Anyone else who attempted to tell the Emperor he had no clothes was in danger of losing his head! Humor is a valuable and effective tool for communicating just about anything because humor breaks down barriers. Carefully disguised as fun, humor can smuggle new ideas into people's hearts. Humor has been shown to be an essential component of learning for young and old alike! In order to teach, you must have your audience’s attention. If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear...
