Alone in a crowd
Back in the day, I used to go to Disneyland at closing time. They didn’t pay attention to people walking back into the park when they were closing, so a hand stamp wasn’t required, as long as you “looked” like …
Category: Strait from Stever
Omnithought
Once, a long time ago, I read in a magazine a fantastic view of the future. I laughed at the audacity of the story when the main character went into a store and paid a dollar for a bottle of …
A dream woke me
The only part of the dream I remember is visualizing a tetrahedron. I was trying to best describe one using only words, no pictures. Start with a line of a certain length, duplicate it two more times. Then, connect these …
Some Pig
Last week I saw the stage performance of Animal Farm. What a great location for it, (Will Geer Ranch). It was a musical. A very enjoyable and wonderful performance. It showed how easily individuals can be manipulated from a dream …
An abundance of scarcity creates urgency
One thing I think about with all these people marketing abundance. Scarcity. A marketing trick is to create scarcity so people will take immediate action. You know… “limited supplies” or something like that. It bothers me to think of “creating …
This may shock some of you
Print and Cutout, fold and tuck gray tabs. Tape or glue.
There is one parable of Jesus which I have never had a problem understanding. Really!!! It is the parable of the two sons. The father asked the first son to do a task at which the son complained bitterly about …
How Aesop ruined my life
It was his fable about the Tortoise and Hare. I had learned from this that Slow and Steady Wins the Race! My whole life was based on this… seriously. This meme is something I learned back in Toledo, in my …
It’s the Secret of The Secret
Occasionally I stumble onto an unexpected resource. Today I will forgo posting my own thoughts and share this with you. This morning I did a quick search of The Secret. It was to find a reference for what I wanted …
Accidental Shooting
What are “trigger words”? These are words which trigger emotions / thoughts / automatic actions, etc. A good copywriter knows many trigger words and uses them in copy to invoke action. That is what the title of today’s post was …
My Catcher in the Rye
I have read a few books by L.Ron Hubbard. The first book of his I read was Dianetics. It intrigued me, but I never followed up by contacting someone to get clear. What I did do was look into who …