The latest podcast tale from Coyote
 

Coyote meets the Spirit of Free Enterprise, gets a surprising offer and ends up with what he truly wants most of all.

Here’s how the story starts:

Coyote was sitting at the base of a large rock, looking out across the canyon to the mountains. It was his favorite place in all the world. The setting sun was catching the mountain peaks and turning the small clouds into puffs of pink cotton candy. Down below, a thin line of cottonwoods wove among the mesquites and palo verde trees, marking the tiny creek that flowed down the canyon after the rains. A red-tailed hawk circled slowly overhead and there was a constant rustling and chirping from the birds, as they settled down for the night. It was beautiful, it was peaceful, and Coyote was filled with a feeling of profound calmness and peace.

“Right, my friend,” the apparition said. “Today is your lucky day.”

Instructions

You can listen to the story here, using this built-in, Flash MP3 player. (Length: 7m 35s)

Alternatively, you can listen to the audio files through your computer or by downloading them to another device. To listen to the audio files through your computer, use your mouse to left-click on the link below. To download the files, right-click, select ‘Save as’ or ‘Save link as’ and specify the destination to which you would like to save the file. Using Safari, you can right- or Control-click and choose ‘Download linked file’.

I hope you enjoy it.

Technorati Tags: Coyote Tales, priorities, getting what you want, free enterprise, greed, beware of what you wish for

Another podcast tale from Coyote and friends

Coyote meets a Jackalope, discovers the truth about the mythical beast (or at least this particular example of it) and gives an impromptu lesson about the importance of being authentic.

Here’s how the story starts:

When Badger told Coyote he’d just seen a Jackalope, Coyote laughed.

Soon other tracks began to converge on the same path: mice, rabbits, packrats, prairie dogs—even a fox and some deer. It seemed word had spread and the animals were keen to take a look for themselves. The path wound amongst the mesquites and saguaros, heading towards a clump of cottonwoods at the edge of a dry creek. As he got closer, Coyote could hear a low humming and mumbling, like hundreds of people whispering to one another. Whatever it was, it was drawing a crowd.

Instructions

You can listen to the story here, using this built-in, Flash MP3 player. (Length: 9m 56s)

Alternatively, you can listen to the audio files through your computer or by downloading them to another device. To listen to the audio files through your computer, use your mouse to left-click on the link below. To download the files, right-click, select ‘Save as’ or ‘Save link as’ and specify the destination to which you would like to save the file. Using Safari, you can right- or Control-click and choose ‘Download linked file’.

I hope you enjoy it.

Technorati Tags: authenticity, being yourself, coping with disappointment, Jackalope, Coyote Tales

Another podcast tale from Coyote himself

Coyote deals with an unfortunate outbreak of BS that threatens the smooth running of his part of the world. When Badger gets confused and Owl suffers from toxic contamination, it takes someone like Coyote to sort it all out — and have some fun at the same time.

Here’s how the story starts:

Coyote was used to Badger’s moodiness, but he’d never seen his old friend quite as downhearted as this. It seemed all the life had drained out of him, leaving him without even the energy to eat. That really alarmed Coyote. One thing you could be sure of with Badger was his appetite.

”That I needed a big, hairy, audacious goal. Well . . . I think he said goal. Maybe it was gull. Some of those seagulls are very big, aren’t they? And audacious. But not hairy. Do you think he meant some kind of spider? There are some very big, hairy spiders around here. They taste good, too. Honestly, I’m so confused.”

Instructions

You can listen to the story here, using this built-in, Flash MP3 player.

Alternatively, you can listen to the audio files through your computer or by downloading them to another device. To listen to the audio files through your computer, use your mouse to left-click on the link below. To download the files, right-click, select ‘Save as’ or ‘Save link as’ and specify the destination to which you would like to save the file. Using Safari, you can right- or Control-click and choose ‘Download linked file’.

I hope you enjoy it.

Technorati Tags: BS, buzzwords, jargon, management jargon, thinking outside the box, seeing clearly,

Kath Lockett reflects on giving in to the shame of wearing the universal badge of a drone

Photo: LAGtheNoggin

Ever since I started work as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed graduate trainee in 1989, every workplace has had some kind of security card access for entry into the building. This common sense approach to preventing robberies or lunatics entering the building (ones not on the payroll at least) is commendable and was not worthy of much introspection on my part.

What I always refused to do, however, was to encase the entry card in a plastic sleeve and then wear it around my neck on a lanyard.

For people with lives, a ‘lanyard’ is one of those ribbon string things that kids normally use to hang their tamagotchis from, and I sure as hell didn’t want to be seen wearing one for the greater part of my waking hours.

You see, they make the wearer look as though they are trying to be important: all they need is the white lab-coat to complete the picture of being able to gain top-secret access into the underground nuclear bunker that also houses Elvis, the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot and the Tasmanian Tiger. Read the full story