When the storm hit the other night, I was fortunate enough to have my mp3 player handy. The sound through my ear phones became drowned out several times, most notably when a huge tree down the street got hit by lightning. After settling my nerves, I thought of how ironic […]
Author: Dave S. Johnson
The Meaning Of Life From A Student Point Of View
University! Now there´s an institution! I always said that if anyone could model a society based on university values they could count me in. This would mean that the vast majority of the population need not work very hard, would not get paid very much but would be fed regularly […]
“Negotiate More Effectively By Knowing How To Act Better” – Negotiation Tip of the Week
Do you plan how you’ll #act when you #negotiate? What #role do you decide you’ll play? Knowing the right role to display will allow you to negotiate better. Although you can’t predict every circumstance that you’ll encounter in a negotiation, the better prepared you are, the better your act will […]
Surprised by Peace
I no longer watch the news, because I simply no longer enjoy it. It is not uplifting. It’s bad news all the way. News about people being dishonest. News about a government building a swimming pool and calling it a fire pool. News about war. News about people who have […]
The Music Industry’s Formula for Success – Does It Exist?
Artists often want to know if there is an exact formula they can follow to guarantee success in the music industry. Does a formula like this exist? What can artists to do to help ensure a successful outcome? Is it possible to follow an exact business plan to become a […]
At the Sneeze Sitters Inc Annual Convention 2017
Chairman: “Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 2017 Annual Sneeze Sitters Convention. I’m Bern Droplets, president of this wonderful company. In 1976 Joseph A. Gesundheit had a vision, or rather, a sneezing fit, in which he sneezed over seventy-six times in his own home without anybody around. According to his […]
Woody Allen
Woody Allen has been writing and directing a new film project each a year for the last half a century, he has also acted in many of them, although in recent years he usually takes a smaller role, providing the comic relief or simply doesn’t appear at all. Even from […]
The Nikon D3400 PLAYBACK MENU Setting in This Nikon DSLR
This is an article about the Nikon D3400 PLAYBACK MENU and the RECENT SETTINGS MENU. The reason I put those two together is they are both relatively short and so it is easy to put them into one article. The playback menu controls how the camera both stores and looks […]
Me and Orson Welles Bluray Review
When I heard that teenage heartthrob Zac Efron was going to star in Richard Linklater’s film based on the novel by Robert Kaplow about a fledgling actor who gets his lucky break playing Lucius in Orson Welles’ legendary Mercury Theatre Broadway debut production of Julius Caesar in 1937, I was […]
Are Rappers Better Off Dead?
“Biggie Smalls fell off! He was never that nice anyway! I mean Life After Death to me was better than Ready To Die and even that could’ve been one CD instead of two.” As I sit here and conjure up all sorts of imaginary vitriol one might have found on […]