This is a picture of the corner of one of the counter tops in my kitchen. What do you notice? What stands out to you? If you said the fact that a piece of the grout is missing, you'd be one of the majority. It kind of bugs me and I've been meaning to buy some matching grout and fix it, but the other day I noticed something about what I noticed. Years ago there was a show I absolutely loved called Touched by an Angel. One episode was about a woman who lived next door to a home for children with disabilities. One of the children was (yet unknown to the audience and characters at the time) an angel...
I subscribe to The Word Guy from ArcaMax.com. Last week he was talking about how there is a problem with communication when you talk about moving a meeting time. Some say they moved the meeting back when they mean back in time and some say it when they mean they moved the meeting back, meaning for a later date. So to ensure that your listeners understand how you mean it, The Word Guy suggests that you just say that the meeting will be held a month later (or earlier). With so much miscommunication, I suggest you clarify it even further by saying, THE MEETING IS AT 8AM ON FRIDAY JUNE 3, 2011. ;D There's a similar problem with saying "next...
This is one of the most hilarious I Love Lucy episodes where they discuss communication. It's about how difficult the English language is, especially in comparison to Spanish. I can relate as I'm a red head married to a Spanish speaking man myself. Check this out and have a giggle on us!
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Many of you may remember that last year my editor and dear friend, Carla Ives, and I were co hosting a weekly podcast on TalkShoe. Well, Carla had some family issues that required her attention so she had to leave the show and most of her online presence for a while. Well, you can't keep a brilliant woman down! She's back with a new venture to add to her repertoire! It's called The Reluctant Wahm.com and it is brand spankin' new! The site is only a few days old and it already has some wonderful articles for work at home moms who are either reluctant to have to work from home (are more used to or prefer working in a...
I posted this about a year ago. It got such a wonderful response that I thought I'd bring it back. It's a take-off on how a typical car salesmen would break down the price of a car. I was thinking about what I do, which is really selling my words. So accordingly, here is the breakdown of the price for a... Word Salesman: Words ..............................................................................$14.95 Title Fee .............................................................................$1.73 Order Tax (ya gotta have the words in the right order!) ...$20.99 Translation Fee (so my thoughts are in ENGLISH) ..........$10.75 Punctuation Accessories ...................................................$7.95 Adjective Fee ....................................................................$4.95 Paragraph Charge ..............................................................$2.23 PDF Handy Carrying Case ................................................$17.95 Years of Research and Education .................................$1059.72 ———————————————————————————————————- Total cost for one communication study! ......................$1141.22 For more moderately...
