The many travels of readers’ D&O Diary mugs have continued, with stops in places both familiar and exotic. The results are a variety of mug shots taken on location in places both far and wide. As reflected in the pictures below, the mug is at ease with lobsters, gnomes and volcanoes, and is an appropriate
Picture Gallery: Readers’ Mug Shots (Third Edition)
The collectors’ edition D&O Diary mugs that we have sent to interested readers have proven to be both ceremonial and functional, as reflected in the latest round of readers’ pictures. And the mugs have once again proven to be well-travelled, as well.
Readers will recall that in a recent post, I offered to
Picture Gallery: Readers’ Mug Shots (Second Edition)
Whether overseas or in the heart of our Nation’s Capitol, whether at work or at play, The D&O Diary always fits right in, at least if the “mug shots” that readers have been sending in are any indication. Readers will recall that in a recent post, I offered to send out to anyone who
Picture Gallery: Readers’ Mug Shots
We make it our business to cover a lot of ground here at The D&O Diary, and apparently so do this blog’s readers, at least judging by the first round of pictures readers have sent in as “mug shots” of The D&O Diary coffee mug. Readers will recall that in a recent post,
The Best Things in Life are Free
According to an adage from the Internet’s early days, information wants to be free. These days, the free Internet is being challenged. Many sites have recently imposed pay walls or otherwise started to charge visitors.
Here at The D&O Diary, we are about to celebrate our seventh anniversary of providing information and
Word Wright: A Write Right Rite
If to err is human, then writing a blog is a most human endeavor. Tight deadlines and late-night drafting sessions ensure that mistakes infiltrate even carefully composed posts. It is a painful exercise for me to review old posts and see the errors that managed to make it onto my site.
In my best
“You are Here” — So What?
One of the reasons Saul Steinberg’s iconic 1976 New Yorker cover – the one showing that civilization ends at the Hudson River – is so humorous is that it accurately captures the way some (many?) New Yorkers look at the rest of the world.
Before moving to Cleveland almost two decades ago, I lived
More Year-End Retrospectives from Around the Web
If you were among the many who extended the holiday vacation all the way through the short week following New Year’s Day, you may not have seen the year-end retrospective articles that I posted last week, including my list of the Top Ten D&O Stories in 2012 (here), and my year-end analysis of
Post-Holiday Quick Hits
This mix of items from around the web may be just the thing after a long weekend of leftover turkey –even though we are well aware that nothing can come close to a heaping helping of Turkey Tetrazzini three days after Thanksgiving.
Adding up the Likely Legal Costs from H-P’s Autonomy Accounting Scandal: Last
Storm Remnants: Interesting Items That Blew Past Our Screens
Can I just say that I find it mighty depressing that everyone is talking about Hurricane Sandy in the past tense, as if the storm were already done and gone? Here in Northeast Ohio, as I write this blog post on Thursday evening, the rain continues to fall and the cold and gloomy damp lingers on.