Archives For January 2012

I’ve never been more appreciative of grace. This past week we had a major snafu with an event I was running. Thankfully, everyone involved had a good perspective and made it easy for me. I was already mortified enough!

Speaking of events, I’m slightly revamping my approach to Social Des Moines. We’ll be offering the next one for free and capping it (solidly) at 30 participants. First come, first serve. Watch this site for details.

• One of our local news anchors will be retiring in November. I know it sounds silly, but I’ll miss John Bachman. He’s been behind the news desk at NBC since our family moved into the area. I have some more thoughts on John I’ll share later this week. You will be missed, Mr. Bachman!

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So this week, we talk Lutherans, dessert, Grandpa Al, and more. These was so much going on this week to make it the Best Week Ever. Did you have a good week? I hope so. Let’s sit back and reflect on the week that was with BWE!

Best Tweet of the Week: Lutherans Light it Up
Being a lifelong Lutheran, this one resonates with me. Big time.

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There’s this thing about name-dropping: It works.

That’s right. It works. That’s what makes name-dropping so insidious.

Bernie

Dead man walkin'.

Name-dopping happens when people don’t know who they are. They use the reputation of other people to prop themselves up. It’s like an emotional version of “Weekend at Bernie’s”.

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