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Wow! 460 slides. So Tom, give it up. How long have you been working on these? Who all is involved? What is your process? Inquiring minds want to know. Cheers.

Posted by TomS at July 13, 2006 9:22 PM

I suspect they from the heart and straight off the top of the head :-)

Posted by Trevor Gay at July 14, 2006 4:44 PM

God bless you for these! I got a rush just reading through the first 400 and made the slide "Ged Mad. Do Something About It. Now." into my wallpaper.

Posted by Richard Cauley at July 14, 2006 9:46 PM

Richard, you made my day-week ...

Posted by tom peters at July 15, 2006 8:42 AM

Nice slides tom, however same old crap - come up with some new stuff sometime soon!

Keep up the good work - keep creating cool stuff.

Posted by Jim Odell at July 15, 2006 8:46 AM

Wow! 460 slides. Keep up the good work! I never get tired of this stuff.

Posted by Troy Worman at July 16, 2006 8:42 PM

Re: women and negotiating skills

I had an interesting experience recently when I was involved in a fender-bender. In a nutshell, I was stopped at a light behind a big old pickup. He took his foot off the brake, so I did too. He put his foot back on the brake; I didn't react quickly enough and rolled into him. We pulled off the road and surveyed the damage (his rear bumper = scratched; my hood and grille = toast).

I didn't admit fault (per insurance company instructions), and the other driver agreed that he'd taken his foot off the brake. He was worried about his insurance rates going up, and I told him that if the insurance company determined that the accident was my fault, they wouldn't -- so he seemed somewhat reassured.

We were talking peacefully when an officious ol' boy pulled up, volunteered himself as a witness, and opined loudly that it was ALL MY FAULT. To make a long story short, he worked the other driver into a state of outright hostility towards me, to the point that he was reluctant to give me his name and phone number (which, of course, I needed to make a report to my insurance company).

I reflected afterwards that this is how lawsuits (and, often, wars) start. If the parties have a chance to talk out the problem between themselves, even if it's not completely solved, they'll usually part amicably. But if someone else gets involved and turns the situation into a win/lose, who's right/who's wrong confrontation, the conclusion is likely to be bloody.

Posted by Paula at July 19, 2006 4:19 PM