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What is it about people that they can’t be truthful with simple things? admit they made a mistake.

Recently I had someone pass the buck to me. It was innocent enough. A simple error on their part. An oversight you could say, but instead of taking responsibility they passed on the blame for the sake of looking good. Saying it was this other persons fault decentralized the problem and made them look like they were a hero (fixing the problem) while I look like the fool (the dunce that apparently doesn’t know better).

Why do people do this? It’s all about egos these days and appearing like you’re completely on top of everything. I’m not perfect myself, and make my fair share of mistakes, Does the buck stops here where you are?

Wouldn’t it be neat to be able to select the type of results you want when you search?

I’d like to be able to search and have my results be confined to the following:

• Stories
• Reviews
• Products (shopping sites)
• Blogs/Opinion
• Research/Facts
• Region
• Year produced

It’s terribly difficult to come up with good names for your products, don’t you think? I find myself lacking inspiration. And then companies come up with names like Mint, Basecamp, Backpack, Flock, and so forth.

Then I find myself thinking how terrible it would be if you had chosen any of these product names: Katrina, Tiger, Panther, Vista, or even something generic like Tsunami. Your search engine rankings would drop so fast you wouldn’t know what hit you.

What inspiration do you use or did you use to name your product, company, or pet?

Everybody, say happy birthday to Tom Chapin. It’s his birthday. (View his BrainFuel posts)

Today is FRIDAY! How’d the week go by so very fast? Come up with a funny caption for this photo and post it in the comments. Please keep it clean. Thanks and have a great weekend!

Let’s discuss these two phrases: Jack of all trades, master of none and do one thing, and do it well.

Does this describe you? Does it describe your company? Or can you do everything and anything and still provide a great service or product? Is specialization important?

What is your one thing?

This is a building on Camelback Rd.

The construction nearby.