In last week’s NFL divisional playoff game, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Green Bay Packers. Most sports pundits predicted it would be an easy win for the 49ers. But they were thrown back on their heels. They had become complacent. The 49ers were...
We suffered through the latest edition of the Emmys, hoping for anything memorable. No luck. But one irritant spread faster at the awards than the latest COVID variant. If we could have edited together a clip of all the “ums*” spoken at the Emmys, it...
We’re always up for Chris Rock, so we caught his new standup comedy special, “Selective Outrage.” Rock’s material, which was insightful and humorous, began to wane as something reared its ugly head—repetition. Rock said a line, paused, then said it again. Sometimes he repeated a...
Rick Rubin, called “The Guru,” sports a long beard and bare feet. But this music producer has clients including Jay-Z, Adele, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rubin says he doesn’t know how to run a mixing board. That’s because Rubin doesn’t rely on technical...
Remember our recent Eloqui tip No One Else’s Word about vetting evidence? Michael Cohen’s attorney David Schwartz (former fixer/attorney for Trump) is accused of citing three court cases to support ending his client’s supervised release. Judge Jesse Furman stated that it appears “none of these...
Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Hawking, and Ben Franklin were members of the Royal Society founded in 1663. Still today, the Society’s mission is to promote excellence in science for the benefit of humanity. And by testing facts via experiments, the Society can verify statements and withstand...
E.O. Wilson, a pre-eminent scientist references intention in his book The Meaning of Human Existence. Wilson writes that during the cognitive revolution of our species, humans developed language and told stories. Then, as our brains grew, we were able to imagine future scenarios and predict...
This year’s Paris Fashion Week featured gaggles of grumpy models strutting down runways in ungapatchka) wardrobes. All looked as if they had just lost their favorite pet, smiling only with their eyes. The smize facial gesture began years ago, when Tyra Banks taught contestants this...
The TV biopic Nyad features distance swimmer Diana Nyad, culminating in her successful, yet controversial swim from Cuba to Florida in 2013. This was Nyad’s fifth attempt, took fifty-three hours and she was sixty-four years old. Remarkable. It reminded us of another naiad, our friend...
An opening to any talk is critical. Yet most openings tank the speaker because of pro forma announcements like housekeeping, reciting their name and company, thanking clients or sponsors, or offering an agenda, all upstaged by PowerPoint. There is a better way. Great openings accomplish three...