Hunter Really?

One of our Ceiling Fan / Lights went out and so off to Home Depot I go. Put the fan up in no time and worked great. It came with a "Limited Lifetime" warranty which we all know is more limited than lifetime. Went to fill out the warranty card to send in and it was the above picture. Included;

Household income
Age
Sex
Which room it was installed in
Other like products I may have...

Really? It was "Required" information.

Why?

Face to face meetings.

I recently had a chance to meet several vendors that I usually do business with on the phone. Even with video conferencing, email and many hours on the phone, the face to face meeting still bonds much better. I even had a chance to see many present and while presentation skills are still important, it is obvious who puts together presentations with effort versus others who simply hid slides from the "Corporate" deck.

Every one knows when it is a canned presentation.

If you want to close the deal, get in the car/airplane and make it happen!

Had a great day golfing with Dad.

I think he was standing in the water to make that shot!

We had a great time playing at Lake Perry.

Eastern KS is definitely dry, however the course did manage to have a few water hazards.

I am the best Pitcher ever!

OK that one got your attention. Really I am talking about Pepe Gomez. More specifically his self image.

Happy birthday Jose "Pepe" Gomez. Happy 21st.

Keep your head high, fast ball under control and remember to take an extra dozen balls to the golf course. Your going to need them

The Pumpkin Patch

Was a bit disappointing this year. Caden did enjoy the zip line, Carsen the maze. It was bad packaging on the part of the people running the Patch. You had to pay $2 to enter at the beginning. Then immediately as soon as you walk 80 feet into the actual area that is the beginning you are then ask to pay for the activities $5 each. Why not offer the package at the beginning. It felt like we were going to be ask to pay for every little thing. Charge $6 each and you get everything?

Then you go to pick your pumpkins and of course you had to pay for those also. Sure I get that part because it is by the pound.

Anyway it is amazing how packaging makes the user experience change so much.

Why didn't I think of that!

So this summer we had the baseball player (Pepe Gomez, which has wanted a shout out and he will get it on his birthday with all the pictures that I have been saving for a special occasion). Well a week or so ago when Carsen went to a Football game he stated that he wanted to take home a cheerleader for the winter.

Genius.

I will be starting a fall program for this next year!

Thanks Carsen.

Political rhetoric

I know, avoid politics but not this time. I recently had a chance to hear a political leader speak with a room full of other political figures and it took me back to my Political Science roots.

The speech was dead on from a what to do right. You know
Have to cut spending. (However this won't effect you)
Have to raise Taxes (Not yours)
Need more jobs (Other countries are stealing, it is not the government forcing those out)
Education needs help (Needs more money)
It is the other party standing in the way (Not our party)
This year has been the worst in (Insert term) for natural disasters

Ahh Rhetoric.