After wasting more than an hour looking for good Saint Patrick’s jokes I decided I already used the best ones a few years ago.

What I did find was a 1949 Noveltoon called Leprechaun’s Gold that, to my mind, has both political and business parables applicable today. What about you?

Irish or not, I wish you sunshine, shamrocks, and rainbows.

YouTube credit: arielplain

A lot of stuff circulates on the internet and by email and I normally don’t use anything I’m pretty sure is copyrighted, but being as weak as the next guy I’ve occasionally given in to the urge—as I have today.

This is great innovation and a terrific solution to the bane of most people’s existence, but considering it’s 2012 there should be an app for that!

I haven’t found anyone who wants to do a Sunday comic yet; if you know someone please have him/her contact me ASAP. In the meantime…

Flickr inage credit: maurice.heuts

It’s Halloween 2011

when sugar highs will reach to heaven.

Extravagant costumes and parties galore,

even with an eviction notice on the front door.

Spending is up, forget the economy,

a billion for costumes and more for gastronomy.

Some costumes are sexy, some are just fun;

Some are so scary you’ll just want to run.

But how ever you dress and whatever you do,

be sure it is fun and leaves a happier you!

This is not one of my better efforts; here is a sampling of previous and much better Halloween fare.

Halloween Success Story

There was a student named Delf
who had a high opinion of self
He truly believed that with nary a sigh,
he could start a company that would fly high.

He founded it on Halloween (more…)

Scary times require rhymes

It’s Halloween and things are scary—
the economy is really hairy;
your savings trashed, your mortgage iffy
and it can’t be fixed in a NY jiffy.

Today is the start of the holiday season, (more..)

A Halloween economy

Bats and witches and pumpkins, oh my,
bailouts and options and fat cats who sigh;
a Treasury Secretary deep in the fold
and stock that reeks like decades old mold.

For Halloween you want a costume that scares, (more…)

I hope you have a howling good time!

Flickr image credit: ^^RaviN^^

Just think, a guy lawyer with a sense of humor. Who knew?

Today isn’t really wordless, if it was you would miss all the fun.

I’m sure you notice all the studies being done and, if you are anything like me, wondered about their obviousness (healthy calories cost more, who knew?), let alone the stupidity of some studies and their results.

Today I’m going to share what has to be the stupidest I’ve seen in years.

Unfortunately, I can’t embed the pictures, but the study offers “proof” that the width of a CEO’s face can predict the company’s financial performance.

Rather than adding my own comments on the subject, take a moment to read Idiocy Alert! Research says fat-faced CEOs perform better by Wally Bock. Why try to improve perfection?

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

Since I can’t send gifts to each of you, I thought I’d offer up a video of me dancing along with one of my infamous rhymes—what more could anyone want?

Christmas comes just once a year
as does its spirit, too, I fear.
It would be nice to keep peace and goodwill,
but after the First it’s all downhill.
Perhaps this year we could arrange
for each of us to make a change;
revamp our MAP and maybe then
we can leave closed minds in 2010.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy your people.

Image credit: Elf Yourself

No post today, just all my best wishes for a wonderful holiday.

Drive carefully, travel safely, love everyone.

Eat, drink, be merry and don’t drive if you do them in excess.

Finally, save the image, print it and let the kids color it. It should be good for at least ten minutes of peace.

And in case no one has sent you the Thanksgiving Internet rhyme, here is it…

May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have never a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!

Image credit: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/943263

Sometimes good things arrive in my inbox amidst the silly videos and spam.

And so it was yesterday; I was thinking about what to write when this arrived and it seemed the perfect answer—assuming, that is, that you are as tired as I am of the rising tide of hit pieces so prevalent this election.

Fable of the Porcupine
It was the coldest winter ever and many animals were dying because of the cold.
The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together.
This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions, even though they gave heat to each other.
After awhile they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen.
So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth.
Wisely, they decided to go back to being together.
This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationships with their companions, but the most important part of it was the heat that came from the others.
In this way they were able to survive.
Moral of the story:
The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people.

The best relationship is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others as opposed to dying alone in the cold.

What do you think? Will humans live up to the example of porcupines or die alone in the cold?

Flickr image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2854029427/

What’s your attitude to Friday the 13^th?

My attitude is perverse—it’s usually a lucky or, at the least, neutral day for me.

My sister says I was born perverse (as in contrary), which I cannot deny. It’s not intentional; I don’t think about it; it’s just the way I am.

For the heck of it I looked Friday the 13^th up on Wikipedia and learned that it’s relatively modern, with no references before the 1800s, in spite of what you saw in The Da Vinci Code.

Did you know that if the first day of a month falls on Sunday it will contain a Friday the 13^th?

Good things happen to me on Friday the 13^th; for instance,

• I closed the three largest deals I’ve ever done on Friday the 13^th in two different years of a previous 13 year career.
• I found two of the three houses I’ve owned on Friday the 13^th.

How do you feel about Friday the 13^th?

What has happened to you on Friday the 13^th?

Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ztij0/233038619/