Day 16: Funky Socks

I’m a sock guy. I’ve got so many, my drawer is literally overflowing with them. Damn thing doesn’t close without a battle. My wife gets mad at me when I buy more, but in the grand scheme of things, I think we can agree that there are worse obsessions. Also, I get...

Day 13: Sourced

A former colleague of mine recently created Sourced — an agency that provides business services and assistants to support you in all aspects of your life. Not just your traditional work needs (bookkeeping, temp work, etc.) but errands, party planning and day-to-day...

Day 8: Local Lawn Care Service

I get a lot of flyers about lawn service taped to my mailbox. They all say “Mow, edge & blow” with a clip art picture of mower on the top right. Some have a color image of a green lawn. On occasion, a smiling picture of teenager. So when I randomly poked 4 letters...

Day 5: Dumore Improv

I’m a big fan of improv. When it’s done well, it’s an art. I learned a lot about it during my years in field marketing—and I still use the techniques every day. Not the funny stuff, but the conversation steering. You’d be amazed how useful it...

Day 4: Sunshine Cleaning

Following up on the pretend services from movies, I picked Sunshine Cleaning. In case you missed this one, it’s a 2008 film about a woman who falls into a career of bio-hazard removal and crime scene clean-up. All kinds of gross. I thought it would be fun to...