by Bill DeSmedt | Jul 21, 2021 | Stories
“And by the way, you know, when you’re telling these little stories? Here’s a good idea — have a point. It makes it SO much more interesting for the listener!” — Steve Martin as Neal Page to John Candy as Del Griffith, Planes,...
by Bill DeSmedt | Jul 14, 2021 | Stories
Last time we left off with the story of a seasoned naval officer, in command of several hundred million dollars worth of missile cruiser, and responsible for Lord knows how many lives, steaming straight into a powder-keg confrontation, and what does he do? He makes up...
by Bill DeSmedt | Jul 7, 2021 | Stories
Stories about Stories — This first story harks back to the era of the Iran-Iraq war. As recounted by sociologist Gary Klein in his Decision Making in Complex Military Environments,[1] it goes like this: In an incident in which Iranian F-4s had taken off and were...
by Bill DeSmedt | Jul 1, 2021 | Stories
Introduction — In recent years, fueled at least in part by the burgeoning growth of the self-publishing sector, how-to manuals for the aspiring author have become something of a cottage industry. Needless to say, these How-To-Write-The-Next-Bestseller bestsellers tend...
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