Thank you. I love your writing. You are very gifted.
glen Peterman:
November 6th, 2011 at 9:23 am
I agree, recently subscribed because I found the writing style is so entertaining. Looking forward to an answer to my question.
Bob Ide:
November 11th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Just saw Catch 22 in action at the office. A group couldn’t plan a project because they didn’t have a budget to cover the planning work… and they couldn’t get a budget without a project plan. I suppose they solved it… somehow…
Aidian Holder:
November 20th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
“Like turning on the TV to find out why the power’s off”
Funny… in a TV newsroom once, the desk guy reported news of a power outage affecting much of the west side of town… at which point the news director (the boss, who should know better) said “Let’s run a crawl (text across the bottom of the screen) to let people know.” To his credit, he realized how that sounded even before I started laughing at him…
Anonymous:
October 2nd, 2019 at 1:05 pm
I think that the term catch 22 represents the illusion of an impossible to escape situation which can only be escaped if we treat it as though it were inescapable .
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Tim LaDuca:
October 30th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Thank you. I love your writing. You are very gifted.
glen Peterman:
November 6th, 2011 at 9:23 am
I agree, recently subscribed because I found the writing style is so entertaining. Looking forward to an answer to my question.
Bob Ide:
November 11th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Just saw Catch 22 in action at the office. A group couldn’t plan a project because they didn’t have a budget to cover the planning work… and they couldn’t get a budget without a project plan. I suppose they solved it… somehow…
Aidian Holder:
November 20th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
“Like turning on the TV to find out why the power’s off”
Funny… in a TV newsroom once, the desk guy reported news of a power outage affecting much of the west side of town… at which point the news director (the boss, who should know better) said “Let’s run a crawl (text across the bottom of the screen) to let people know.” To his credit, he realized how that sounded even before I started laughing at him…
Anonymous:
October 2nd, 2019 at 1:05 pm
I think that the term catch 22 represents the illusion of an impossible to escape situation which can only be escaped if we treat it as though it were inescapable .