Articles This is why we can’t have nice things. Over the course of last year, I’ve been thinking deeply about what I consider to be very important topics. Like whether I should add cheese, sour cream and guacamole all in the same burrito bowl despite their similarities in texture and flavor profile–not to mention added fat. Or
Articles Why Don’t We Consider the Facts? When it comes to everything, feelings matter more. At the Herndon household, we’ve always operated at a high level of optimization. Maximizing our time is important to us and sometimes that means you need to divide and conquer. That’s why when my wife decides we need something from
Articles Has the GOP turned from a Party to a Circus? I've gotta be honest; I'm afraid of clowns. I realize that clowns, in most cases, are simply people with colored wigs and strange makeup. But how creepy is it to see someone staring you directly in the eyes, with a painted silly grin on their face,
Articles Biden’s Infrastructure Bill. A Conservative Win. In 1993, a comedian came to prominent attention with his unique and very relatable approach. Jeff Foxworthy released the comedy album titled “You Might Be a Redneck If…”. His signature bit was packed with jokes like “If when you cut your grass you find a car… you might be a
Articles Why can't Big Bird be our friend anymore? Boys and girls, have you been seeing Big Bird in the news lately? Big Bird recently shared on Twitter that he had gotten the Covid 19 vaccine. I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective
Articles Why I am afraid of cold butter How the boogieman became fat when fat became the boogieman. I always get nostalgic during this time of year as we enter into the Holiday season. I begin to get a tingling feeling in my belly that I call anticipation. Anticipation for perhaps the most precious thing in our lives.
Articles I've never been Trick or Treating. Here’s why I always will from now on. Every year on October 31st, scores of children fill the neighborhoods with activity. They’ll run the streets (looking both ways) creatively dressed to impress, scare or invite a laugh. Their cheaply made costumes are designed to look like recent television or movie characters, or more traditionally, to depict some
Articles Why we don’t trust advertisers and politicians As marketers, we’re constantly pondering the form of that perfect message to generate allure and persuade customers to purchase our product. We create clever branding statements and advertisements often overstating the advantages of our product while avoiding any mention of its weaknesses. The pattern is like this. Create ads,
Articles Climate Change. If we don't act now, we'll go broke. At the risk of sounding like I am in a Nelly song, I just want to point out it’s getting hot in here. And while people are not on the brink of extinction yet (with a world population of almost 8 billion of us right now), climate change deniers
Articles Everything they don't tell you about how to make the perfect old fashioned In 1880, a decade marked by economic prosperity and innovation, James E. Pepper changed the world, perhaps forever when he created The Old Fashioned Cocktail.
Articles With our 3.5 Trillion Dollars, Should We Fight Crime or Poverty? What should we do with all of our money? There are two big things in the news right now. First, the Republicans and the Democrats are having a friendly discussion about how to spend all of our money. This includes Biden’s Build Back Better agenda with a 3.5
Articles The United States Has The Worst Healthcare in the World Since we’re finally through the pandemic (LOL), I suppose it’s time to talk about our healthcare system more broadly. In an effort to understand views about our healthcare system, I conducted a non-scientific survey on social media. I was able to confirm that this is indeed a very
Articles Does the Biden vaccine mandate go too far? Before this week, most people were able to remain friends. Friendships were propped up by a blissful ambiguity between what you believed and what your friend believed. If those beliefs were different, it didn’t matter because you thought of them as people as long as you didn’t talk
Articles Should we make every week a four day workweek? In 1999, Bill Lumbergh granted his office filled with indifferent employees the perk of a lifetime. He announced Friday is Hawaiian shirt day. That means that on Friday, you can feel free to come into work in a Hawaiian shirt, and Jeans. The classic movie, Office Space pokes fun at
Articles Does This Market Research Make Me Look Fat? The following article is one I wrote about three years ago, when I was focused on the complications of market research. One of the things I had taken notice of was that "the biggest problem with research is that people draw conclusions from research". That is to say,
Articles When was the last time you threw away a toaster? Why they don’t make ‘em like they used to. It was about 8 years ago when my wife and I moved into our house. It didn't come with appliances, which we initially saw as an inconvenience. After thinking about it, we determined this as a perfect opportunity
Articles Hurricane Ida is a Disaster. It Gets Worse. Natural disasters are most devastating for the poor, but it doesn't end there. About 13 years ago, I was on a business trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. The evening before our meetings, my team and I wandered the streets of New Orleans, checking out the area. It was
Articles You should stop washing your jeans. Saving Your Jeans. Saving The World. As a teenager, I had a penchant for fashion. I sought out the perfect flannel where the pattern of colors blended together nicely. I searched for the shoe with the slim silhouette that the cuff of my pants landed on just right. And I
Articles The USA thanks you for your opinion on Afghanistan Most of you have heard that Afghanistan has fallen into the hands of the Taliban. If you've payed any attention to user generated content on the internet, you've probably heard varying perspectives on the U.S. decision to withdraw, as well as how that was conducted
Articles Why you can't trust Big Pharma In the 1970s, a growing number of reports began circulating about a virus that was largely unknown prior and caused a severe immunodeficiency in those infected by it. The disease, which is believed to have originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo as long ago as the 1920s, had taken
Articles Why yes, I do disagree with you. Hold my beer. If you've been on the internet recently, you've probably seen some stark disagreements. You've likely noticed that while there is a wide array of views on any given topic, those views tend to fall on one side of a fence, separating everyone into binary
Articles Critical Race Theory: Don't drink the water. For the last two hundred and fifty years or so, in the United States of America, everything has been going mostly... fine. The United States has been known as the land of opportunity. We're the land of the free and the home of the brave. Americans have freedom
Articles Strong words on why you should definitely curse I grew up pretty staunchy, which of course, isn't a word, and that furthermore demonstrates just how staunchy I and my contemporaries actually were when I was young. Even if it's not a word, if you know, you know. So you know what I mean. I
Articles The Front Porch Will Save The World I realize that sometimes article titles have a tendency to be reductive, not fully communicating the meat and potatoes of the script it sits above. This one is no exception, as planet-saving is no small feat. Perhaps this particular title is not only reductive but even clickbait-y, and if so,
