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The speechless underwear

Whenever I give a conference presentation, I like to arrive at the room early to set up.  Then if there’s time I’ll talk to the early-arriving attendees, play some music, show a video or tell some...

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What they don’t tell you about massive weight loss

Hint: The one on the LEFT is the before photo Everyone tells you that if you lose the weight everything will be different – and it was.  There are stories about fitting into compact cars, restaurant...

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Not your father’s hobby store

Wanna bet? As a kid I was always tinkering with something.  I spent half my free time scrounging IC chips, electronic components, wire, wheels, belts, enclosure parts and anything else I thought might...

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How to tell you’re not a good father

I had an epiphany today.  I like to think of myself as a pretty good dad.  Not that I make decisions on that basis,  but I have a set of principals and do my best to live up to them.  From myself I...

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Kids and Santa – what to say?

Santa has upgradedhis distribution network My grandson just turned 6 and he’s at that age where he wants to know everything about Santa Claus.  This year he’s asking an endless stream of questions like...

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The ice cube anomaly

Secret tool of theconsultant’s tradePhoto courtesy oftimlewisnm, Flickr If you’ve ever met me on the job or at a conference, you probably noticed the stainless steel water bottle I carry and assumed it...

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Dangers of foreign-language consulting

The Oar House @ 55 Ceres Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801603-436-4025 Dining Room OarHouse@PortsmouthNH.comhttp://portsmouthoarhouse.com Toward the end of a very successful engagement in Portsmouth, New...

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Advertising humor never gets old

I’m always amused by what gets through the review, edit and approval filters and becomes advertisement.  Take the following from Capital One, for example: Obviously, credit card companies want you to...

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Heckling the doctor

Everyone knows (or should know) not to heckle the comedian.  He’s been doing this forever and he knows how to deal with you.  What is less obvious is it’s more about experience than the particular...

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Culinary Alchemy – Part 2 of the Nosy Store Clerks saga

Ah, it’s Spring time.  That wondrous time of the year when the birds come back to the feeder, squirrels battle over their nuts, and I dump a hundred or so pounds of grass seed on the lawn in hopes that...

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What I learned at Internet Identity Workshop XVI (So Far)

This week is Internet Identity Workshop XVI in Mountain View, California, and just in time!  It is my first time but it definitely will not be my last.  The amount of raw talent in the room is amazing...

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Thoughts on hair transplantation

Call me crazy, but I fail to understand is how anyone could ever have come to the conclusion that sachairdoctor.com is a good domain name for a hair transplant practice. I spotted the domain name on a...

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The Kindle Confiscation

As many of my followers already know, my wife is something of a technophobe.  When we first met there were two constants in my life.  The first was that if both she and some harmless liquid were within...

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Latest revelations concerning the NSA

BREAKING NEWS! It was revealed today in secret documents leaked to this reporter that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is actually a division of Claus Industries, LLC, a company synonymous with...

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A Thanksgiving Miracle

It’s a digital miracle! We aren’t doing the turkey thing here at Casa de Wyatt this year.  In fact, we’re having a very quiet Thanksgiving dinner.  The kids both have other families to spend the...

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Thoughts on cats and beef jerky

Look closer: The bed has one more monsterand one fewer cats than it looks like. These are thoughts on cats and beef jerky, not thoughts on cat and beef jerky.  If you have only one cat, your mileage...

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La Cage Nut aux Folles

Cage nuts Apparently I’ve been in IT too long because it doesn’t sound at all weird to me when I say something like “I’m supposed to get cage nuts with this.”  My wife, on the other hand, thought it...

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The Peter Principle

My wife and I were watching TV this evening when I paused the show for a bio-break.  Unbeknownst to my wife, one of our cats pushed his way in whilst I was in the bathroom.  From her vantage point in...

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Nerd love

My wife and I watched Scorpion on the DVR tonight.  “I like this show,” she told me as the credits began to roll. “Well,” I replied, “you do have a thing for brainy nerds.” “Are you a brainy nerd?”...

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The intervention contraindication

I’ve posted before on how my wife Joan​, the recovering technophobe, has taken to the smart phone.  And recently I posted about her new addiction to Trivia Crack.  But I didn’t realize how far over the...

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