Walter's Rules
Top 10 Things I Learned From Bill O’Reilly
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007I call them my “O’Reilly Principles” and use them to navigate my personal and professional lives through the morasses of our culture. Look, whatever you may think of him and the way he delivers his coverage, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly is a straight shooter.
I’m sure you’ll have your personal favorite in the list below. I [...]
"Did You Pass Third Grade With That Mouth?"
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Man, nothing says “raving loon” like getting Alec Baldwin-esque screeds in response to something you wrote. In my case, writing critically about the marketing of global warming, politics and now, apparently vegans (see last Friday’s Heisenberg Friday post) can be added to that list.
Wow. I thought the lack of uric acid and artificial
Like what you read? Then [...]
Walter’s Rule #05 - Part 2
Monday, December 18th, 2006“Never hide the pain” frequently works with another law that hasn’t been numbered and it’s called “Picard’s Law” first mentioned in the pilot episode of Star Trek - The Next Generation. I’ve adopted it as an operational philosophy ever since.
Picard said, “If we’re going to be be damned [judged], then let’s be damned for who [...]
Copywriter & Furey-ous Guy Tackle The New Addiction
Friday, November 17th, 2006Bodyweight fitness guru and marketer Matt Furey doesn’t have a cloud of electronic appendages surrounding him when you meet with him.
Neither do I. I always carry my cell with me but rarely use it because when I’m away from the office, I don’t want the electronic leash yanking at my attention.
The office is for [...]
Walter’s Rule #147
Sunday, September 10th, 2006In a discussion with quite a bright guy himself, I was talking with my good friend Kyle McFarlin (and check out his site The Underlying Blog — your IQ will increase by several points just by doing so!), and we were kicking around the nature of brilliance and how it manifests . . . or [...]