By the time you read this, it will be Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Today is considered by many to be the worst travel day of the year. Day after tomorrow will be Black Friday, traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. In this jobless recovery, will it be a retail boom or bust? Good question. [...]
Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here (in chronological order) when finished. Thank you for your time. Chapter 13 “Was this a sniper shot?” Ritko asked, flashing his badge to different people, expecting the answer to be yes. [...]
Few companies see their product as a character in a story. All of their customers see it that way, but they don’t. They see it terms of operations and org charts and marketing plans and manufacturing and distribution and they forget that all of this orchestration only works when the product or service is a [...]
Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here (in chronological order). Thank you for your time. Chapter 12 Jimmy Gantt slapped a mosquito into a splotch on the back of his neck. He knew every cop in [...]
Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here (in chronological order). Thank you for your time. Chapter 11 Drinking a diet Coke, Ritko scribbled thoughts on a small notepad. His writing was only legible to him. The [...]
Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here on Posterous (in chronological order). Thank you for your time. Chapter 10 Mama Jean called a cab for Jolene. “The bus might be a good option,” she said. “People [...]
A new idea is floating around Wall Street. It involves investment companies buying your life insurance early and cashing in on it when you die. Can you say reverse mortgage? Yeah, like that. Let’s say you have a $250,000 life insurance policy. They would give you $75,000 immediately in cash for your policy. When you [...]
Twitter is not the salvation of your branding. There. I said it. Even though I spent a lot of time on Twitter in the last 3 months, writing a novel and a short story Twitter will not save your business from the lack of a story. But it can help you tell your story.
I have been in hurricanes all of my life, so I understand what is involved. They are unpleasant and destructive and kill people. Hurricanes are horrible things. My family lives on the Gulf Coast, so this time of year, I spend a lot of time watching The Weather Channel. But like it or not, hurricanes [...]
I have lost my tomato war with the squirrels. I admit it. I tried to fight the good fight, but I am beat, whipped, defeated. My plants grew the size of trees, yet furry-tailed thieves stole every tomato but two runty lumps, which I ate like a cave man right off the vine while staring [...]
Part 7 (the end) from ttaylordude’s Twitter novel. “Mr. Gantt, I have something for you,” said Kamal. He held a gym bag. Gus could see he was carrying a weapon. He figured that much. “What’s that?” said Gus, gripping his .45 tightly at his side, kicking the bag gently. “I’m tired of this mysterious shit. [...]
When my grandfather died, we inherited his rusty, 1949 Chevrolet truck. It was ancient and I thought everyone who saw me riding in it would start humming the tune to The Beverly Hillbillies. To make matters worse, my father painted it dark green using Sears exterior paint applied with a brush. It gave the truck [...]
No Good End (originally posted as 140 character tweets on Twitter) Revised and in chronological order. PART 1 Gus Gantt watched the alligator slice a V across Blue Lake. The odds of this gator having the man’s arm inside was 100 to 1. Gus took notes. The alligator was 11 feet-long. The man with [...]
When temperatures rise and shorts begin to sprout pale legs, Hawaiian shirts sneak out of closets and ride the backs of Boomers everywhere. Pat Sajak was Hawaiianing tonight on Wheel Of Fortune. The Hawaiian shirt is almost a uniform for men of a certain age (mine) who go casual more often than not. It hides [...]
Tuxes, gowns, flowers and limos mix with music, dancing and hangovers. Across the South, teenagers are proming this time of year. Something else is going on as well: old school segregation. George Wallace would be proud.