Tag Archives: Ruth Ann Harnisch
And Now, A Word From Sarah Palin…
When I heard that Sarah Palin was turning over the keys to the Alaska governor’s office to her lieutenant, I couldn’t help wondering what she was seeing from that famous front porch. Health crisis? Another out-of-wedlock pregnancy in the family? Burgeoning scandal about to hit the fan? Time will tell, but if I were to [...]
Full StoryIs Your Earth Flat?
Years ago, when I was struggling to come up with a succinct way of describing all the different work I do, I asked my friend Marielen: “What do you say when people ask you what you do?” She said, “I tell them ‘I am enjoying my life.’” I was trapped in the notion that what [...]
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Long time no post. Rather than taking the time to carefully craft sentences for this format, I have been Tweeting away, 140 characters at a time. Perhaps you’ve seen me sailing along in the Twitstream where I’ve been posting without pressure, but not without daily thoughts about this site. Blogger Lisa Barone (Outspoken Media, subscribe [...]
Full StoryIf You Hate Me Because I’m Rich….
Don’t be embarrassed. I used to hate rich people, too, until I became one. For me, it was a huge culture shock, because I literally moved into enemy territory. Believe me, I changed my mind once I established residency. Hating the rich seems to be a politically popular stance these days. People with money are going [...]
Full StoryWarning Label (I Should Come With One)
I’m sorry. Again. As my late first husband used to say, I let my alligator mouth overload my tadpole ace (that’s how he pronounced it in his Southern accent). A new client described me as “refreshingly direct” this week, just before a friend said I was “brusque.” I used to take money in exchange for [...]
Full StoryThe Emperor’s New Coach Training
I apologize in advance to every coach who will be offended by this post. I know some of you will feel personally attacked, but if your coach training has taught you anything, you should know that it’s not personal. The following letter has been edited and I’ve removed the names of specific coach training programs [...]
Full StoryThe Cramer Creamer
I TiVoed Morning Joe to make sure I didn’t miss a minute of the post-game, but the disgraced host of CNBC’s Mad Money wasn’t there. Had to go to Twitter to discover, via Joe Scarborough’s tweet, that Jim Cramer was a no-show. Joe suggested “oversleeping,” but I contend there was nothing left of Cramer after Jon [...]
Full StoryI’m Such A Twit
Starring now in the Short Attention Span Theater, yours truly. I confess that I fell into the Twitter trap. It’s just so easy to post in 140-character increments that I temporarily abandoned the more labor-intensive and time-consuming process of posting here. As I wrote to Diana DiMenna (more about her in a later post), “I’ve [...]
Full StoryMaking an “S” Out of Yourself
The Harnisch Foundation recently made news – that’s what happens when you give money to people in the news business. Our gift to create the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University under the direction of Leonard Witt has received no small amount of attention. Journalists being journalists, they smell more than a story here. They [...]
Full StorySo BusTED
This is the shirt that launched a thousand lies. OK, I’m exaggerating for the sake of literary allusion. It was maybe a dozen cases of mistaken idenTEDy. www.mondonation.com allows you to complete the sentence “i believe” and put it on the back of a t-shirt. I got a long-sleeved pink one that says “i believe heaven is a [...]
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