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The Hot Dog As we are talking so much about food, let me give you one other simple food hack, the hot dog.  Again, one of my favorite foods.  I know…  Please don’t send me hate-emails if you a vegetarian, vegan, with PETA, care about the Ozone, or my health.  I only eat the one […]

Food Hacks Grilled Cheese Sandwich Let me slip in a couple of food hacks here.  I want you to think differently about how to do things.  I am encouraging you to think differently about everything!  You can do this!  It’s easy once you practice it! Let’s start with the traditional Grilled Cheese Sandwich.  Everybody’s favorite

Innovation – Inflatable Highway Safety Cones Problem I know you’ve seen those little triangle warning reflectors that disabled truck set up along the side of the highway when they break down.  If you have, you’ve also seen half or more of them blown over by other passing trucks. Last year my wife’s car broke down

Innovation – Shower Head Attachments   Just a reminder, this is still called Random Association.  The art of taking random, everyday items and putting them together in a different way. Problem Have you ever stood in the shower with the shower wand in one hand and the soap in the other wishing you had a

Innovation- Trash Can Liner Retainer Problem We all have been here.  You put the trash can liner into the can and it’s too big.  So, you fold it over and hope for the best.  Then the first time you throw an apple core in the can, the apple hits the bottom of the can pulling

Innovation – Thermo-Car   Problem Thermometers are boring.  They usually consist of a 10” glass tube filled with a red liquid or most always they are digital showing only a two-digit number on a gray quartz display.  Why not have fun with thermometers?   Solution With Thermo-Car you can watch your car race (well, not

Innovation – Fish Tank Fountains   Problem A lot of people love their fish tanks.  I do too!  I have had a fish tank in my office since 1990.  Not the same fish of course, but a tank none the less.   I know a lot of people love tabletop water fountains.  I have had

Innovation – The Round Peg In A Square Hole   You might have noticed the image on the cover of the book.  It is the proverbial “round peg in a square hole.”   Problem Several years ago, when I was explaining to someone about not being a very good employee since I always argued, never

Innovation – Outback Steakhouse Earrings   Problem When my youngest daughter was working her way through college, she worked at the Outback Steakhouse Restaurant as a hostess, waitress, and bartender.  It was at the time “dangly” and “hooped” earrings were in style.  Being a college girl and working for tips, she was to be stylish.

Innovation – Leaf-Caddy   Problem If you ever raked leaves, trimmed trees, trimmed bushes, or cut grass, then you know the difficulty in picking up yard debris and leaves and carrying them to the trash bin?   Even dragging larger brush can be a time consuming job as you can only pull one branch with