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“Tom, don’t let anybody kid you. It’s all personal, every bit of business.” –Michael Corleone I’ve been on a bit of a Godfather kick the last couple of weeks, as my research into a project I’m working on incorporates many themes of the novel/movie into it. Until a week or so ago, I hadn’t read…

I had an interview today that was slightly different from most interviews I do. I was the one being interviewed, and the topic was Bát Tràng, a village near where Sana and I live that has literally hundreds of craft pottery shops, a museum, places to make your own pottery, etc. You should do a Duck Duck…

I recently had a dialogue via Voxer with my colleague, Jim Lambie, who recently took over the hosting duties for the Musicpreneur podcast. Jim recently did an interview with a fellow named Danny Ziemann, who has made a bit of a name for himself as one who specializes in the business side of music. And…

My day job as a podcast editor and producer can be a bit strange at times. Take yesterday, when Mandi “The Show Notes Girl” and I were editing a couple of episodes of a show called “Superhumanize” hosted by my friend Ariane Sommer. The first show was a guy who has made something of a…

Remember when Facebook felt like a grown-up version of MySpace? Then LinkedIn kind of became the grown up version of Facebook. Then Instagram came along and became…I still don’t know what to make of it to be honest. I’ve tried posting on it, but the puerile stuff I see others posting is kind of a…

In last week’s podcast with Steve Baker, we talked briefly about my time playing with his band in the Raleigh/Durham area. The band is called “Bull City Syndicate” and is top-notch with the quality, entertainment value, showmanship, etc. In fact, as I said in the podcast, I learned a lot about showmanship and how to…

We had a little movie party yesterday. Saturday is always my day off, and unless my wife is working Saturday in which case I’ll do a bit of work and then take Sunday off, it’s set in stone. So we invited my friend and colleague Mandi (an American who specializes in making show notes for…

A couple of weeks ago, my 7-year old son Gabriel asked me if he could play Call of Duty. Of course, I’m currently in Vietnam, and he’s in the U.S. So I don’t know exactly what would have happened had I said, “Yes, dear son, you have my permission to permanently corrupt your mind with…

I was having a bit of writer’s block this morning, trying to decide what to write about for my daily email/blog. Well, trying to decide would imply I had a couple of options to choose from. I had nothing, so I asked my son Gabriel via FaceTime what I should write about. “Write about how…

“Always be serious, but never take yourself too seriously.” That’s a quote I heard from General Douglas MacArthur in his farewell address to the cadets at West Point. I had a subscription to G. Edward Griffin’s audio series called “The Reality Zone” about 15 years ago, and MacArthur’s address was on one of the shipments…