Caution: Wet Paint
Ah, the smell of fresh paint…
Welcome to the “new look” of Crooked Wisdom.
At this point, all the changes have been look-and-feel changes in order to make the site more pleasing to the eye. But soon, we’ll be adding new features in order to make it more stimulating to the mind.
In fact, it’s possible we’ll be opening up a “backstage” area - that may or may not already exist - for those who’ve been bit particularly hard by my crooked little memes. But don’t go looking for this secret area just yet. Even if you managed to find it - not that it DOES already exist, mind you - security would just grab you by the scruff of your neck and toss you out into the alley. And I’d hate for you to get your pants dirty.
Still, I’ve added some new articles, recommended books, favorite quotations and more to give you a “fix” until the harder stuff arrives.
I also have some crooked new articles in the works such as:
- Living in Lala Land
- A hammer is not a baby and…
- How to make friends with mean people
These are coming sooner rather than later.
I’ve also been asked why I don’t put out a monthly newsletter like smart people do. I didn’t want to say it’s because I’m not smart, so I lied and said I had one in the works. Guess I’ll be doing that soon, too.
The name of my newsletter? Well, with my apologies to Ray Bradbury for borrowing, then butchering one of his classic book titles, I was thinking Something Crooked This Way Comes.
Will probably start it in March. Maybe April. Who knows? But it will be soon. If you have any ideas of what you’d like to see in it each month, let me know. After all, if I wasn’t smart enough to start a newsletter, what makes you think I’ll be smart enough to fill a newsletter?
And finally, there’s a rumor floating around in my mind that I’m about to offer my first-ever Crooked Wisdom Workshop. If the rumor is true, it’s going to be a 6 week teleseminar workshop based on my One-Sentence Persuasion Course. It’s going to be limited to between 6 and 10 people and will cost just under $600. As you can imagine I’ve already voiced my concern about the cost. I suggested that I charge a flat fee of one million dollars per student, do the class once and be done with this whole “working for a living thing”. Unfortunately, I was overruled by the nether-regions of my mind. Didn’t work for Steve Martin when he tried it back in the late 70s either. Alas…
Look for an announcement on this workshop soon. If you already know you’ll want to participate, drop me a line and I’ll give you a heads-up before it’s available to the rest of my list. Yeah, I know. I shouldn’t play favorites, but oh well. I like doing things I shouldn’t do.
Finally, one thing you’ll notice about this new “look and feel” is my tell-a-friend option beneath each blog entry. So if you like something you find here, I’d be grateful if you’d click that link and help me get the word out. Of course, if you don’t like something you find here, you’ll find the exits at the rear of the vehicle. But be careful when you step out; I’m not slowing down for anyone.
Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 04:32 PM
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