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Monthly Archives: January 2012
The strangest things trigger memories
Like painting the bathroom today. It reminded me of my mother. Which reminded me of my grandfather. And I remembered my very first lesson in attention to detail. There is, as you have likely gathered, a story about that. Just … Continue reading
You Eat What?
I use a checklist when considering new foods. I go through the ingredients like a list. Checking to see if they pass the “yuck” test. We learn which foods are disgusting and which are not through cultural inheritance, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, Storytelling, Travel
Tagged Change resistance, Cheese, Fermentation, Food, Maggot Cheese, postaday2012, Shopping, storytelling, Unconventional thinking
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Charleston (S.C.) has busiest year ever in 2011 – USATODAY.com
This is one of my favorite airports. South Carolina‘s Charleston International Airport set its all-time passenger record in 2011. More than 2.5 million passengers flew through the airport last year, breaking the airport’s previous record of 2.3 million that was … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Service, Travel
Tagged Charleston South Carolina, Mike Reardon, postaday2012, Quality Service, South Carolina, Unconventional thinking
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Don’t confuse us with facts!
OK, facts are not confusing. And, they’re not actually stubborn, either. In spite of a multidecade international campaign to enforce the message that increasing amounts of the “pollutant” carbon dioxide will destroy civilization, large numbers of scientists, many very prominent, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Fear
Tagged Change Institute, Climate change, Environment, Global Warming, Mike Reardon, postaday2012, technology, Unconventional thinking
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Casual Fridays? Beards?
Are we in Fantasyland? No, Snow White‘s seven dwarfs won’t need to worry about getting upstaged by bearded Disney theme park employees any time soon. But the so-called “Disney Look” – a legendarily strict dress code that dates from Disneyland‘s … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Change, Travel, Walt
Tagged American Mustache Institute, Amusement park, Change, Disney, Disneyland, Facial hair, Mike Reardon, Orlando Florida, postaday2012, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Company
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If it looks like a rock, and feels like a rock…
It’s an alien spaceship? Apollo 16 astronauts found alien ship, psychics say A variety of “shipwreck elements” — described as “structures, people/aliens, biological technology, and their plight” — were reportedly seen through a psychic technique called remote viewing by six … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun, Storytelling
Tagged Apollo, Apollo 16, Impact crater, Mike Reardon, NASA, postaday2012, Remote viewing, storytelling, Transception
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11 years and 9 months ago?
I wonder if they knew? Or even suspected? In the 11 years and 9 months since the first geocache was placed, there is single date on which only a small fraction of geocachers have ever logged a cache. We suspect … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Technology, Travel
Tagged February 29, February 29 2012, geocaching, Geocaching.com, Groundspeak, Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter, Mike Reardon, Outdoors, postaday2012, Recreation
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I looked out the window at 32,000′
And saw a contrail being formed I had never seen one from the side before. It made me wonder. Are they really just condensation trails left behind by a passing jet plane, formed when hot humid air from jet exhaust mixes with environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, Miscellaneous, Travel
Tagged Business, Chemtrail conspiracy theory, Contrail, Environment, Geoengineering, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, Jet aircraft, Mike Reardon, postaday2012, Travel, Unconventional thinking
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I had no intention of buying chocolate
I was walking in the terminal. For exercise. Usually I just walk by the shops. Ignoring them. Sweets and treats would defeat the whole purpose of the walking, right? But I couldn’t ignore this one. It was tempting, delicious, irresistible. What … Continue reading
Posted in Mike's Story, Service, Storytelling
Tagged Aroma, Baking cookies, Chocolate, Chocolate chip cookie, communication, Mike Reardon, postaday2012, Quality Service, Travel, Unconventional thinking
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Where you are on the field
Calls for specific behaviors and skill sets Near the sidelines, the receiver has to be able to drag that trailing foot and keep it inbounds. Or a great effort to catch the ball is all for naught. On the other … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Storytelling
Tagged Carpe Diem, Change, Defensive back, End zone, Mike Reardon, NFL, postaday2012, Red Zone, Touchdown
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