Today the Avondale United Methodist Church book club toured the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO. We decided to go as a follow up to the reading of Last of the Doughboys, a book about interviews done with the last surviving veterans of World War I. We received … Continue reading Liberty Memorial →

Interesting that the main story that rocked us in the business world at work today wasn't anywhere on the Yahoo news feed or business feed tonight.  I had to go to Reuters to pull up anything about it.   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/us-janus-billgross-idUSKCN0HL1DJ20140926   Interesting conjectures about Bill Gross.  Is he the wronged by PIMCO, or is PIMCO … Continue reading PIMCO off the radar →

This is an interesting time perspective     Interesting to see how he, and his channel, have changed over time.  And how he pronounces aluminum.

Short post today, a link to another blog about benefits of church choirs.

One thing this course does is attempt to point to the obvious and show us that we aren't seeing it. Sometimes the obvious really is the obvious, sometimes it isn't. Like what is a network. A network is a strategy for organizing based on the need to balance integration and change. Networks come in three … Continue reading What sort of network? →

  "The reality of the world hangs on the thin thread of conversation" -- Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman Organizations have cultures. Someone came up with the bright idea that you might be able to use the culture to organize an organization, instead of the other way around. But to do so, you need to … Continue reading Organizational Culture (chapter 5) →

I thought about Sarah's blog on modeling clay while working on my first paper for my organizational communications class. There was a certain odd connection. The paper was to be a critical analysis of an academic research paper, and there was something in the assumptions of the research team that reminded me of some of … Continue reading Writing Paper — fiction vs. reality →

Tonight I learned that the government in Washington had completed a survey and selected my name as one of 1500 people to receive a $9,800.00 grant that I didn't have to pay back that I could use for any legitimate expenses I wanted, like paying off bills or home improvements. Of course, the person who … Continue reading Phishing incompetence →

A few days ago I wrote a blog discussing the first chapter of one of my textbooks for by current master's course.  The book, Assessing Organizational Communication: Strategic Communication Audits by Cal W. Downs and Allyson D. Adrian, talks about a positive audit, the communication audit. Today I am going to use the blog to explore … Continue reading Planning is worth the time spent. →

"I am dividing my stuff into three bags: things I want to keep, things to get rid of and laundry." Tonight, quite suddenly, Nathan stood up from his computer in the living room, announced, "I'm going to clean my room," and disappeared into his room. Some time later he came out with a black garbage … Continue reading Self-Motivated cleaning →