I am Tired

I was sent this the other day and asked to pass it on , this was our dinner conversation last night with the 3 M's it was written  by Bill Cosby...

Bill Cosby: "I'm 76 and Tired"

 
"I'm 76 and I'm Tired"
I'm 76. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National
Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some some serious
health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly
40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my
income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as
though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who
don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take
the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy
to earn it.     
   
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I
can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and
daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight
offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't
"believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning
teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the
genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and
Shari'a law tells them to. 
  
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques
and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand ,
UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to
fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other
Arab country to teach love and tolerance..  

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global
warming, which no one is allowed to debate.
I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help
support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ
rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses
or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?
 
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all
parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful
mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting
caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor. 

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and
actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination
or big-whatever for their problems.
I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and
early 20's be-deck them selves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making
themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government.
Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 76.. Because, mostly, I'm not
going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for
my granddaughter and her children.   Thank God I'm on the way out and not
on the way in.

There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us
sends it on!
This is your chance to make a difference.

" I'm 76 and I'm tired.    If you don't forward this you
are part of  the problem".
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10 things I will never say to My 3 M's !

I was relaxing having a great non working weekend and then the 3M’s started in, minor intrusions at first and then full force into my peaceful uneventful relaxing  weekend[tinkering on the sailboat ]

The normal daughter / Father stuff started :

From my 14yr old “Yes we need to go to the mall[45 minutes away] , I need a new shirt for school [she goes to a private school , she wears white oxford cloth button shirts daily ,available here on the island for $12.99 each, why the mall ?]…and the book store Barnes and Noble to buy a  Harry Potter  2 video set with the commentary [so much for private schooling , reading and that Christmas box set collection of HP books  ]….and Starbucks for a Mocha Frappecino Carmel  dark Grande latte iced [what happened to a coke and fries from Macdonalds dollar menu???]…..oh and we need to stop at the jewelers to get my ring cleaned and polished [Hmmm???Now I am really confused …what ring? ]

From my 17yr old  “ Dad , we need some food ,we have to go to the food store , we need some healthy food , salads , fruits , grains , whole nuts , juices “ [speaking while eating a double stuffed Oreo ] oh and we need some shoes [ we need shoes????hmmmm wasn’t it just Christmas ?????shoes already?????]Oh and I need some money [ of course] , I am going to study with my friend at the local Coffee house [study at a coffe house???hmmm]for our end of the semester finals……twenty should cover it ,wait no better make it 25 bucks to be safe “[ pls remember I bring my lunch to the office and clip coupons for 2 for 1 dinners out , I am not cheap just a …….ok I am cheap!!!!]……oh yeah &^%$##[I call him pimples with a pickup] will be there too! ....He is so nice and sweet…..

From the 18yr old  “Everyone is going to a party at  &^%$#@ house , Can I go ? ……And would you pick me up a bottle of Myers Rum? We are making rum and cokes …oh yeah while your picking up the rum would you get some APPLE vodka drinks also ?????.....Oh yeah Her parents are out of town …..but it is ok ....They don’t care if we drink at their house…..Oh yeah there will be boys there …….and &^%$# will be there ,He got accepted into South Texas  Dirtwater University [ I called him “the nerd in mommy’s beamer”]and  Music  Yeah Dad!! Duh!!!! ….we may go night swimming …….You know the house off the way there  ….on the water ….by the back bayou….Oh I will probably spend the night …depends on how much we are drinking ……no problem I can drive and drink …we have the fix in with the police on the island ……..

While milling over everything in my mind I couldn’t help but review several things  

I will never say:

10. Well, how 'bout that?... I'm lost! Looks like we'll have to stop and ask for directions.

9. You know Pumpkin, now that you're older, you are ready for unchaperoned car dates!!!!! with no curfew!!! Have  fun!!!!!

8. I noticed that your friends have a certain “up yours” attitude ... I like that …tell them to keep it up ,come over any time I enjoy being snubbed.

7. Here’s a charge card and the keys to my  car – GO out to eat with your friends and GO CRAZY. It only money.!!!!!!!

6. You want to drop out of the STEM program and take easier classes –Sure sweetheart you don’t need science , stats or econ classes. Your inheritance with  take care of you forever!!!!!

5. I am going sailing for the weekend ... you might want to consider throwing big beach party.... I will buy the drinks !!!!!!.

4. That big old oak tree ran into your car .I will call the city and have it cut down.The nerve of trees running into perfectly good cars  driving on the road. Just have it towed to a mechanic and I will pay whatever he asks and take my car out and see if another Oak tree has the nerve to run into you!!!!

3. No daughter  of mine is going to live under this roof without an earring in her navel–now quit your belly-aching, and go to the mall and get this done.

2. Whaddya wanna go and get a job for? I make plenty of money for you to spend.

1. Father’s Day? Aahh – don’t worry about that – it’s no big deal.

I posted this on our refrigerator for all to see and comment , as I again pull this out of the trash can and repost it on the refrig I cant help but think and smile ...all in all.... Life is good on my island ,My daughters are just perfect and business is good at Amigo Movil .

The Art of Communication

The Art of Communication   By  Mike Nixon

Communication.  It is the simplest of acts and yet one of the most complicated tasks that I attempt each day.  From the day I was born, my first cry signified the desire to communicate my wants and needs.  Until my dying breath, my goal is to connect, share and interact with those around me in meaningful ways.  Why, then, do I find it so hard?  Why is it the most challenging job that I do each day?  Why do I fail regularly at the task in which I am so well versed and practised, yet so seemingly incompetent?

In a word: skill.  I am unskilled at using the tools required to communicate with others well.  When I think of men like Reid Buckley (The Buckley School of Public Speaking), whose command of and ability to instruct others in the use of voice and the English language, I am awed.  You see, as an “engineer”, the vernacular and methodology of communication from my college education was to use a unique and selective dialogue.  It was preferred that we use this “foreign” language that created a clique of those “in the know”.  Many in my profession lost sight of the bigger picture and the common tools at our disposal.  Ultimately, we forgot that we must communicate in order to persuade and educate others.

However, I have come to appreciate in more recent times that the tool of voice alone is often not enough.  While great authors evoke emotion though their use of language, an artist can do so in a glance.  I have the great privilege of being associated with Don Breeden who can communicate the feel of South Texas with the stroke of his pen and the swipe of his brush.  The tools of his muse are different than voice but no less effective when wielded with skill and experience.  By the way, he's pretty good at turning a word as well.

Very recently, I have met another gentleman and his team of expert communicators at MDG Advertising.  Again, adept at the written word and art, Michael Del Gigante adds another tool to the toolbox.  MDG combines these first two with the electronic medium of the social network.  While using art and the written word along with “new media” is not that unique, the excellence with which the first two are crafted is. Then, when combined with the third, the result and message become truly amazing.

So why the rant about these methods of getting a point across?  As outlined at the beginning, we all communicate in different ways and with different methods.  Some do it better than others but we all want and need to communicate more effectively.  While the author's typewriter, the artist's pen and brush or the technologist's computer do not automatically create excellence of content, the lack of those tools can certainly impede the task.  This idea was planted in me and has been steadily growing.  Some of the most useful tools are those that facilitate not only sounds and words and pictures but something new – emotion and understanding.

When I think of the myriad tools in the market, I can't help but believe that we are on the forefront of a new era of understanding.  Tools in computer software like Google and Facebook and Twitter allow us to connect in new and convenient and interesting ways.  Hardware tools like the Ipad/Iphone and Android devices provide the “pallet” on which to create our art.  I am excited about the direction we are headed.  I want to be a part of this movement as I commit to hone my skill and upgrade my brush and pen.  And, now, we are going to contribute to those tools as well. 

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The Futures so bright , I gotta wear shades

The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

To plagiarize the 80’s one-hit-wonder from Timbuk3, "things are going great - only gettin’ better". I am extremely excited about the direction of the Tekna ship. It is wonderful to be in a growing market at this time. While so many have so much challenge before them, we at Tekna have used this difficult economic time to hone our message and our offering. The current economic climate has given us reason to question our "status quo" and change those things that don’t measure up. One of the things that doesn’t measure up is our manufacturer-centric view of our products.

Recently a very good customer hit me with an astute (for me) observation. His comment was earth-shaking. He said, "I don’t want to buy your product (in this case, we were discussing shipping labels), I just want to get my boxes shipped." Now for most of you, this wouldn’t come as a surprise as you don’t care about shipping labels either. But, for me, I actually like shipping labels. When our press is printing these labels, it has the faint ring of the presses at the Federal Mint printing money (at least I like to think so). So when a very good client told me that didn’t like buying my product, it hit me hard.

I wanted to tuck my tail and run. But, I stayed a little longer and truly listened to my client. It is what he said next that changed my attitude and is changing my business. He said he loved using Tekna as his vendor for these products because it allows him to easily and efficiently do what he really wants done. He wants his packages to arrive at his client’s location so he can bill for his product. He wants the information on the label to be clear and clean, he wants the label to stick and he wants his system to flow without actually thinking about the label itself (or the label printer, for that matter).

So, we are gradually rethinking our CVP (Customer Value Proposition) from the perspective of the client’s job-to-be-done mentality. It truly is an epiphany. Not the religious kind but the sudden insight into the reality of a situation. My customers across all the aspects of Tekna’s products (flexible packaging, pressure sensitive labels, folding cartons, offset printing, etc.) have a job to do. They use Tekna’s products and services only as long as we provide an efficient and cost effective solution to that job.

This change in attitude is already showing new opportunities – not the least of which is Tekna Impact Printing Systems. TIPS allows us now to provide a complete (printer/software/ribbons/labels) system for something as mundane as shipping labels. Now the client has one solution for this function and one guaranteed to work. No finger pointing to various vendors to parts of the system. One call – one solution.

This job-to-be-done mentality will permeate our whole organization and I’m excited about the opportunities it will show us. Time for a new pair of Rayban’s. Life is good on my island , at Amigo Movil and www.tekna-impact.com

2012 wishes for the 3 M's

So listen up ladies , this is my wish for you and the new year , So keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all of the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.
I love you all as I turn around and smile ,thinking life is good on my island ,at amigo movil and www.amigomovil.net

Daughters , Dads and Phones

So it is the new year and I am thinking of all the joys and wonderful things the new year will bring , as I am washing the 3 M's  flea bitten Maltese rat type dog when I notice my phone going off .....Being a guy I think ..ARGH!!!!! cant be on a Sunday morning !!!! Runing from the  other room one of the 3 M's comes out and grabs my phone and answers it ....and starts ranting and raving to some unkown person on the other end ...with a lot of ...giggling and laughter going on ...after about 40 minutes of this she hangs up and procedes to make another call ....I jump in [pls remember we make phones www.amigomovil.net ,all my M's have thier own smart phones with all the features ] and say hey little bear why dont you use your own smart phone and not my personal phone or my business phone ?With a look of complete non comprehension my M says "Pop , I am expecting an important call on my phone and have to leave the line free" rolling her eyes ....[Now I am thinking smart phone , call waiting , 3 way calling , 4G , and all the new voice apps on her phone ....leave her line free!!!!! ....Hmmm...I make phones and I am not undertsanding this logic...but I am doing the Daddy thing and choosing my battles ]....Finally her phone rings and she jumps at it and starts immediately rambling on .....".....Texans Game .....Dads company tickets .....45 yard line seats ...4th row back ....Dads credit card .....BBQ'd ribs and shrimp afterwards .....fried sweet potatoes ....Yeah I am kind of busy  I am not sure if I can make it ,let me check and call you back ".....
As I turn around and I cant help but smile to myself I think ....Hmmm...home with dad washing the dogs or the Texans Game???  ..... If she doesnt go, I am calling  that kid and invite myself .....lol.....life is good with the 3M's , on my island and at Amigomovil.