The Holiday Rules!

The holidays are upon us again. I am starting to like them again, thanks to the internet. I do not need to spend as much time at the stores as I have in the past. Before I go on, I am proud to say that I have been shopping on the new since 1998. so I am not one of those Johnny- come - lately's that show up on the local new touting " how safe the internet is NOW!" ........



I wish I could give a gift to the world. If I could I think it would be " the gift of spacial relations".



Lets all refer back to that age old lesson we learned as kids playing a game, Follow some basic rules of the game and EVERYONE will have fun! Well the same should go for the holidays. Here are a few refreshers in some basic Rules so everyone can have fun.



Stay to the right. If it sounds familiar, It should we(U.S.A.) drive on the Right side of the road. Do the same on the sidewalk. I know the other side has more interesting things to look at, but please, stay to the right so traffic keeps moving. Parents! It will not stifel the creative growth of your childern if you teach them to walk on the right hand side.



Escalators are for moving....... faster. I know that stopping on an escalator is an option ( or a right) but some people like to flow a little bit faster. give them room on the left hand side. This leads right into my next point.



Keep the Runway clear. Remember the people on the escalator behind you? well we are STILL there. when you are on the escalator and the "ride comes to a end", Plese keep moving! don't stop to chat about how blinding fast the escalator was, or where the GAP is, WE are right behind you and need a place to land.



Holiday Sweaters. For some of you, enough said. For others I will explain. All the stores I have shopped in have the lights so you can see what you are buying, where were you when you bought THAT sweater? Gag gifts, I'm fine with and we all know somebody in marketing who is ........ " outgoing" because they told us. But can we limit the big rudolph/ frosty/ santa ones? Big snow flakes? If you can pull off the Nordic look fantastic! Carry on! but for the rest of us. Go solid or Go home.



I Hope everyone has a great holiday season, just please remember the other people out there.

What if we have a cold winter?

Have you looked around lately? I want to, hopefully, be the first to coin a term " multi-generational baby boom". I was in a restaurant the other day, my girlfriend noticed that all the tables around us had babies. All the babies looked to be under 2-3 months old, it was the parents that interested me. one set looked to be in their 20's the other 2 couples in thier late 30's and one couple in their late 40's. In fact, the last couple looked old enough to be the parents of the first couple.



I see stats about people getting married later in life and others are on their second one. So mix that with the younger people in their 20's getting marriedafter college and I see 3 generations having babies at the same time. Even that lady that just had a kid at age 57!

Now I know it has always happened, but I think the numbers are growing. So anyway, Think about the interesting boom this will make for baby products how they are viewed by the parents and the variety of products. Each parent will have a real different take on their childhood, which we all know, is applied directly to how the baby is raised.



Think of what will happen when the children get to the classroom. They will be in a class with some kids whose parents fought in Vietnam, others whose grandparents fought in vietnam, and others who think Vietnam is just the plot of an Oliver Stone movie! Some children will be taught that "bread lines" were only found at the local Panera, Some parents will not know what an 8-track tape is , others will remember working at the record store selling them. Should Geratol and Flinstones vitamins do a cross promotion? Imagine.



Do I have a point? Points are for game shows and press releases. Just my observations. I think there is a way to cash in on this and on another level it will be interesting to see classrooms filled with Children indoctrinated by 3 different generations.

Thats, Dr, Dr Rice.

Sec of State.



I guess that is payback for taking the heat during all the hearings this year. Congrats!

What do we get for taking 4 years of heat and 4 more coming up?

Time to blog

I really think it is time to get some of my thoughts down on paper. I think I will start there.. Start the presses!