jim.liebert

jim.liebert

There oughta be a word for that

Adacity – when a streaming service charges customers to remove ads that they charge companies to show. As in The sheer adacity of Amazon Prime. Karmo – the good will you accumulate that allows you to finish mowing the lawn…

Four score, something, something, something

Some interesting quotes from famous people, past and present. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is…

Where were you on 9/11?

I had a modest, handshake relationship with the World Trade Center Towers. I would occasionally go there for work in the 80s. My company was based out of New Jersey, and we had customers at One World Trade Center. I…

My world and welcome to it*

* Apologies to James Thurber Villiam origin story The first feeling when you put up a bird feeder is that moment of zen from watching the birds flit in and out. The second is the vitriolic disdain for the semi-feral…

Keep to the right

My grandfather’s cigarette never left his lips, so everyone remembers him with a perpetual Popeye squint from the smoke wafting up to his eyes. My memory is much more specific. I remember the day grandpa saved my cousin Karl’s life.…