If you’ve got to wear cufflinks then they might as well be Superman Cufflinks!
These will definitely make you feel special.
Maybe like a quasi Superhero.
Some may think you’re a little arrogant and all that.
But maybe you just are hoping to be super at whatever you do.
It’s good to have an imagination and aspiration, and maybe a little sense of humor and fun.
As long as you don’t let it go to your head or to your pompous a**. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumetnhal)
Wow, love this RED chair and ottoman.
The chair practically reaches out to grab you.
And the ottoman is an almost perfect ball.
Like two pieces that were made to be together.
You can’t help but sit down, get comfortable, and have the best rest of your life! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Happy Mother’s Day to my dear, beautiful, and special mom!
Even though it’s been 6 years since you passed over to Heaven, I can still see you here with me today.
The love and caring you showed for me, my sister, and Dad as well as the grandchildren filled all of our lives.
You always worked hard for the family and to do your best.
Life was not always easy especially coming with your parents from the Holocaust.
Yet, I never doubted for a moment that our family was the world for you.
And both you and Dad still mean the world to me and I know you both are with me always.
I can feel it!
Happy Mother’s Day–we love you! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Thought this was a pretty nice Gucci bag.
Large decorated bee with expansive wings on the flap.
Beautiful pink with white pearl studs.
Brass chain and red, white, and blue shoulder strap.
Priced around $1500!
Small shoulder bag yet plush oversized and ornate make a big statement.
Nice gift for that special someone or to treat yourself to Gucci! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was very cool.
The first is a coffee table for the living room.
The second is half of a nice desk.
Both are made out of working Ferrari engines.
The coffee table goes for $50,000.
And the desk goes for $75,000.
I will told that this is a bargain based on what a working Ferrari engine goes for.
In a sense you can take your table for a spin around the block…LOL.
Truly the engine (and not just design of the car) is a work of art.
It merits being a centerpiece of your office or home. 😉
(Credit Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
I thought this was pretty novel.
A square watermelon.
Why do you need a square watermelon?
It was created to make transportation easier and to fit on the tight shelves of small stores in Japan.
How do you make a round/oval watermelon square?
Why of course, you put a box around it while it’s still small and on the vine.
Ah, I think they broke the mold on this innovative idea. LOL
The problem is that that because they are harvested before they are ripe, they are inedible.
So the Japanese use them for decorations, and they can last about a year.
They are so unique, they cost roughly $100 for one.
Why be square, when you can be round? 😉
(Credit Photo: Defense Acquisition University)
Just a saying from Dr. Ferry Porsche (as in Porsche cars) that I liked:
“It has always been a principal of our company that function and beauty are inseparable.”
If you can make something useful and attractive–you have a real winner!
Companies like Porsche and Apple get it (many, many others are clueless).
Product development is both art and science and therein lay the foundations of their success or failure. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
It’s Passover this week, not Chanukah.
So what’s with the menorah?
Well my friend, John Akkus (of Akkus Silver Touch), made this beautiful piece for me.
I love the fine handiwork of copper, brass, crystals, Jewish symbols (Stars of David) and bold colors of this amazing menorah.
John sells his art at the annual Suglarloaf Festivals in the Spring.
I am so glad I found this wonderful menorah–it is beautiful all year long (through Chanukah and Passover).
Thank you John and nice job! 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Just thought this was a really funny-sad display in the window of this store in Tel Aviv.
It says:
Relex It’s Just Sex
Forget that Relax is spelled wrong.
But advertising for sexual items in such a casual way…like it’s sex and what’s the big deal.
Maybe I am old school, where sex actually meant a deep personal relationship and emotional intimacy.
…Where you partner was also your spouse and best friend.
Now–unfortunately–it’s just sex!
I think as a society that we have lost something here.
…Something important.
If it’s just sex, and it’s just with anyone, then what does that leave for us with that someone truly special in our lives? 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Thought this was an interesting analogy.
A colleague refers to some customers as snowflakes.
At first, I didn’t get it.
Then I understood.
Every snowflake is unique.
Based on how the ice crystals fall to the ground through different temperatures, moisture levels, and atmospheric pressures, the shape of every snowflake is different.
Sometimes when it comes to project management, customers too think they are unique, different, and special.
They think that solutions that work industry- or enterprise-wide could never work for them and their wholly distinct ways of doing business.
Hence, as I learned, the term snowflake.
For those of us who have been around the project management block a few times, we know that while there are specific customer requirements, most of them are not all that unique.
And when some customers simply don’t want to do things differently than they’ve done it before, there can be greater resistance to change.
Hence, the “We’re special. We’re different” reframe along with the standoffishness, doubting, circling the wagons, throwing up obstacles, or just refusing to fully participate.
Obviously, it’s a lot more difficult to modernize and transform through technology and business process re-engineering when your customers aren’t on board.
So it is critical to manage organizational change, address the questions, the fears, and elements that are truly unique, and bring the people along as true partners.
Not every requirement is a snowflake and neither is every customer, but we have to manage the similarities and differences in every project and make sure it improves performance and meets the needs of the customer and the organization. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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