Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
I'm really confused. If you were able to see me right now, you would see me scratching my head and a look of puzzlement across my face. I look at the numbers and nothing makes sense. I've been looking at my WordPress views and visitor totals for the year and two specific trends make no... Continue Reading →
The Microsoft Teams messages and emails started coming in early in the morning. First one and then another. I wasn't even sitting down yet at my desk and my in-box was overflowing. Everyone had questions and, unfortunately, there weren't a lot of answers. When we finally got the news, it wasn't good. My employer, a... Continue Reading →
Car advertisements are everywhere. You see them in commercials, on social media, everywhere. It wasn’t always that way. The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed what is believed to be the earliest known automobile advertisement 125 years ago on July 30, 1898. The magazine advertisement in the Scientific American, the same magazine that documented the work... Continue Reading →
Oh, I start out with the best of intentions. I’ll come up with a blog idea and I’ll start writing. At the start, I’ll pay close attention to length. I'll lecture myself on keeping my blog short. I’ll remind myself to choose my words carefully, to be concise, and to use active verbs. I'll play... Continue Reading →
I’m one of them. When I get a phone call, I let it go straight to voicemail. I rarely, if ever, pick up my phone. I never use my phone as, well, a phone. I suspect many people are like me. The numbers back me up. Hiya, an industry firm in the nuisance and scam... Continue Reading →
Sometimes the most vicious enemies can come work together and be the best of friends. In July 1975, Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union. Millions of people around the world watched on television as a U.S. Apollo spacecraft at the height of... Continue Reading →
I was tired of looking down at my phone. A few weeks ago, I spent the week with my son driving cross country and would be spending much of the day waiting first in Las Vegas and then later in a layover waiting for my flight back home. I wasn't planning on buying a book,... Continue Reading →
The engineers and scientists at NASA are some of the smartest people in the world — their mission calls for them to explore the unknown in air and space, innovate for the benefit of humanity, and inspire the world through discovery — but they need some help with their interpersonal skills. How do I know... Continue Reading →
Everyone wants to be the hero. Everyone wants to be James Bond, saving the world from impending doom. I get that, but I’ve always wanted something else. I've never been greedy. I don't need to be the hero, I just want his or her toys. The hero ― at least the ones in books and... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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