A second look at the Christmas Day Truce during World War I....
How the Anti-Lighthouse Keeper Movement Won
You might be confused how movements against good things somehow win out. There are issues in society we generally agree on as conventional wisdom. Then 10-20 years down the road, there’s a powerful antagonistic voice winning over hearts and minds. Today we’re going to look at one such case to illustrate the phenomenon. Here’s...
I Want 80 Percent Effort
And I don't want to know about the other 20 percent...
A Possible Benefit of Workplace Injuries
A field agent of Those Stories, code-named Joshua, sent me the following report from inside Elevated Industries (ELIN). It’s not known what ELIN does because only the board room and CEO’s office are above ground. The building extends deep into the Earth in an undisclosed American city. Anyway, Joshua was working at his desk....
Reset The Pins
We learn nothing when we bowl a strike ...
In a Year of Losses, Pitchers and Cats Now Reporting
When wildlife starts changing behavior, we’ve been locked down for too long. With the return of some normalcy, of course, a cat wouldn’t take the hint. Coors Field is one of my favorite empty places. Home to the hopeless Colorado Rockies baseball team, sometimes having an empty field is preferable. As a former employee,...
Sharing Your Evil Plans
Clearly, you have a lot going on in there... ...
What are your Disloyalty Cards?
You probably have loyalty cards. These cards provide a free prize after you buy things from a store multiple times (a free sandwich after you buy ten sandwiches, for example). They’re supposed to give an incentive for customers to keep showing up. The thought is that we’re more likely to choose businesses if there...
Hiding Your Vegetables
The Four Ways to chop it up ...
Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Look at me.Look at me!LOOK AT ME! A kid will scream “Look at me” 10 times before a parent finally says “What?” and the child spins in a circle, or says “Hi,” or holds up a stick. The exasperated parent can’t believe they fell for it again or that they interrupted what they were...