Adaptability of skills and responses – need we say more…
The new year and its incumbent weather is upon us, so time to escape with updated clichés (with originals in italics):
Expressing a message in humourous analogies, observations, proverbs, etc. combines clever use of language with making an observational point. They can also draw attention to foibles in language itself.
Here are some examples, from The Light Touch by Malcolm Kushner:
– Inflation is the process of living in a more expensive neighbourhood without moving
– An audience is the only group of people who get tired after they sit down Read the rest of this entry »
Not too long ago I was at a presentation in Ottawa designed to help attendees get a leg up on turning mingling into networking, while making good first impressions, in social encounters. It was led by a couple, ‘experts’ in the field of The Art of the Cocktail.
Rules of practical behaviour and etiquette, to some extent obvious but nonetheless relevant, included: Read the rest of this entry »
‘Out-of-the-box’ Goals to aim for in 2016:
Time to celebrate the end of the year, and be ‘taken’ by more updated clichés (with originals in italics):
Minefields – the obstacle course:
(a) “There is a compartmentalized rejection, and it has to do with gender, and it has to do with age, and it has to do with ethnicity. It’s very subtle, and it’s very unintended. Well-meaning people have a bias that they often aren’t aware of, because they won’t permit themselves to be aware of the bias. No one’s ever gonna fess up to it, and I wouldn’t expect them to.” Read the rest of this entry »
the watch of time 
Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Twenty-Eight
Minefields – the (Writers Guild) arbitrator’s view:
“One of the things I do, which I think always surprises the studios, is I demand to go back and redo the primary research. I don’t want to write based on someone else’s research… unless I experience something, I’d be writing it based on someone else’s experiences. I think redoing the primary research is key to making something your own. Read the rest of this entry »
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