My beautiful wife, Kathy, understandably hates it when I say things like, " I knew this was going to happen, darn it." More often than not, I have said something like this while rooting for one of my favorite teams. Years ago, my then 10 year old son said, "Gee Dad, the Browns are going to win now, for sure!" after scoring a touchdown to go up by 14 with 4 minutes left against the Bears.
Thinking to myself, "Oh, my dear, dear, young son, you have absolutely no idea on how many ways the Browns can lose this game!"
To avoid infecting him with the "Cleveland-will-lose" syndrome that I contracted from "The Drive", "The Fumble", "The Shot", and most recently, "The Decision", I just smiled at him and said, "That's great, son". I then turned to Kathy and whispered, "You watch, they are going to blow this". Well, you know how that went (look up bad kick-off, missed tackles, interception, bad coaching, onside-kick, et.al). When the Bears kicked the extra point to pull ahead, my son got his first taste of the Browns ability to pull defeat from the jaws of victory, and Kathy got to hear me yelling, "I knew it, darn it!"
When she recently asked me about my work, I mentioned that while I don't know exactly how yet, I would bet it was only a matter of time when our business would have to utilize and account for social media in business communications. If you want payments, you have to go where the people are.
I just saw a Forbes article, WSJ Social, For a World Where Facebook Is the New Internet. The WSJ is integrating their online presence into Facebook because “The fundamental idea of it is super simple,” says Alisa Bowen, general manager of the WSJ Digital Network. “It’s about making WSJ content available where people are.”
After I said it, she reminded me that the WSJ manager said it was "super simple, so no wonder." I mentioned she was
beautiful, but forgot to mention she is smart, too. (Darn-it)
Thinking to myself, "Oh, my dear, dear, young son, you have absolutely no idea on how many ways the Browns can lose this game!"
To avoid infecting him with the "Cleveland-will-lose" syndrome that I contracted from "The Drive", "The Fumble", "The Shot", and most recently, "The Decision", I just smiled at him and said, "That's great, son". I then turned to Kathy and whispered, "You watch, they are going to blow this". Well, you know how that went (look up bad kick-off, missed tackles, interception, bad coaching, onside-kick, et.al). When the Bears kicked the extra point to pull ahead, my son got his first taste of the Browns ability to pull defeat from the jaws of victory, and Kathy got to hear me yelling, "I knew it, darn it!"
When she recently asked me about my work, I mentioned that while I don't know exactly how yet, I would bet it was only a matter of time when our business would have to utilize and account for social media in business communications. If you want payments, you have to go where the people are.
I just saw a Forbes article, WSJ Social, For a World Where Facebook Is the New Internet. The WSJ is integrating their online presence into Facebook because “The fundamental idea of it is super simple,” says Alisa Bowen, general manager of the WSJ Digital Network. “It’s about making WSJ content available where people are.”
After I said it, she reminded me that the WSJ manager said it was "super simple, so no wonder." I mentioned she was
beautiful, but forgot to mention she is smart, too. (Darn-it)
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