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My thoughts on marketing, hiring, technology, baseball, career development, and other delectable sundries.

PDX via CLE & WAS
Joined January 2012
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At the request of my children, I rejoined X solely to ask @TriumphICDHQ one question: How did you pass up the chance to use the line, “You like-a the ZEUS, eh?” in this skit? vimeo.com/148763852
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Welp… this is what has finally convinced me to dump Twitter. Bye, ya’ll.
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Do people actually believe “The Killer” is a *good* movie?
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I explained the meaning of this diagram to my 7 year old. His only response: “Brutal.”
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I guess everyone has to learn this lesson on their own… @FlyFrontier is never, ever worth it—no matter how much you think you’re going to “save.”
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Replying to @FlyFrontier
@FlyFrontier sitting in PDX for flight 2174 and your gate folks are evidently too busy to even give us a tentative update. What the deal?
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Do I have to pay extra to get basic customer support?
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How has Michael Richards never played Richard Nixon?!?
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Occam’s razor on Elon’s proposed Twitter/X “fix”: Ad impressions are going to skyrocket when users can’t simply block shitty promotional accounts and their endless stream of cheap, poorly targeted products.
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Spending the morning in Gresham, where @grainger is breaking ground on a new 575,000 sq. ft. distribution center.
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This lady is everything.
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I went to Costco today and absolutely no one in the store looked happy, which is totally bonkers for a place with so much mayonnaise.
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Genuinely curious… is there a reason @multco voluntarily raises the Hawthorn Bridge in the middle of rush hour?
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My two oldest boys and I started summer break off the right way: an epic Mario Cart tournament.
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I’m related news: you’re never too young to learn the cardinal rules: 1️⃣ winner always goes on 2️⃣ you gotta know the exact right time to drop the lightning 3️⃣ trash talking is always allowed
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This lady (@erynq) just finished first in her age group in the PDX Tri at Blue Lake.
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My life is getting weird.
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A shorthand rule for the new bird site: The surest sign that someone is a troll/holds abhorrent beliefs is if they don’t use their real name as a handle. Way too many people feel empowered to spew hate and stupidity online but unwilling to attach their real name to those ideas
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This is my only request of you. If you're going to apply for a job, never, EVER do so through the easy "apply now" button on the job board.
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