Dana Delworth | September 29, 2008
For future reference, if your opening bell doesn’t ring, just take a mulligan and don’t even open. I’m adopting this as a hard and fast policy on a go-forward basis in business; except that I’m substituting the word “coffee” for “opening bell”.
Dana Delworth | September 28, 2008
A moment of silence to commemorate an activist who sold us all salad dressing, but never drank the kool-aid. I love this closing argument from The Verdict where Paul Newman speaks of Symbols of our desire to be just. (clicking on the aforementioned phrase gives you the scene, if you’re curious.) The words weren’t written by him, but [...]
Dana Delworth | September 25, 2008
A moment’s nostalgia, if you’ll indulge:
It’s 1990, early, and I’m getting my feet wet working at my first real job after College for a Closing Attorney. I’m getting the mechanics under my belt while trying to simultaneously excise any exposure to M.C. Hammer or Mariah Carey (yeah, she’s that old) from my person. I get [...]
Dana Delworth | September 15, 2008
CALL ME! Sorry, the Blondie song lyrics were getting the better of me. Fun fact: did you know that Blondie’s “Atomic” off of their “Eat to the Beat” album (1979, I was 12, I got it for Christmas. Yeah, I know) is our company anthem?
Anyway, the post at hand is about calling: we have LAND [...]
Dana Delworth | September 4, 2008
A few quick things:
I’m terrified to discuss the conventions and their impact on the public trust and the housing market. What if I offend a potential customer? Besides that, I am Southern and was told - repeatedly - the “if you can’t say anything nice…” adage by my parents. It never actually stuck, but for [...]
