One of my good friends works for a major marketing firm specializing in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Well “works for” sounds like he grabs people who know what they are doing coffee. No, this guy more or less runs the SEO division of his company and is in constant high demand. (Parents take note: if your college kids are marketing majors and you want to do them the greatest favor of their lives, steer them in the direction of SEO.) Well onto my point. “Gilbert,” as we’ll refer to this guy, showed me this diamond in the rough which, well for lack of my ability to use certain less than FCC approved words, caught his goad.

Behold: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22504312/

Now Gilbert is a somewhat opinionated guy when it comes to this stuff. Somewhat in the way Rush Limbaugh is opinionated when the name “Clinton” is brought up. For entertainment purposes I’ve copied and pasted a post from his personal blog with about 30 edits to bring it up to FCC standards, Enjoy!

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Many people look at the Holidays as quite simply the most joyous time of the year. Who can blame ‘em? Bright flashy lights, free candy, parties, family.the list goes on and on. And there is the other half, the ones who look at this season as one of the most stressful of year.

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Buzz words/phrases are fun. Usually they have some sort of abbreviation that you can use to make yourself sound knowledgeable in front of others. In fact, some terms have so many acronyms that some individuals will choose the most obscure one possible to present an aura of superiority amongst their peers.

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If you ask sales engineer Shane Reisner, he’ll tell you that Memorial Day weekend is the official kick-off to the boating season. A few weeks back in Chicago, LaSalle Bank’s “Shamrock Shuffle” was the official kick off to the running seasons. I’m not sure when the golf kick off is, but the last two courses I played didn’t even have a food/beverage cart out and about so I hope that event hasn’t taken place yet. Well, in the spirit of these kickoffs, the Chicago office had its own kickoff to the summer last Friday night.

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Morning routines, most people have them, some more consistent than others. One thing that’s very consistent about my morning routine is first forcing my overweight Lab off the covers so I can escape the bed. Then I proceed to the computer. I quickly glance at e-mails, and pending verification that nothing blew up over night, I visit the online sports sections of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. (For those of you reading from the twin cities, The Dean and Shooter columns, specifically).

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