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Articles by Art Fettig
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Working with Tragedy
I was looking for some humor for our humor section when I came upon the offering below. It is what I would call sick humor. That is, making light of a tragedy. At one point […]
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Will Work For Food
Heck of a title, now what do I do with it? When I think of all of the long hours I have put in at my typewriter since I set out to be a writer […]
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When More Is Less
One day, many years ago, I was talking with the president of our railroad and he gave me some priceless advice. He said, “Art, if you hire one more employee you should not automatically believe […]
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Listening To Others
I’m reading a book about Billionaire Howard Buffet and he is quoted as saying, One does not have to be correct very many times in a life time; twelve investment decisions in my forty year […]
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Publish or Perish
In academia there is a long standing understanding that professors must publish their works on a continuing basis if they expect to remain on the staff. In the railroad industry I won awards in 1964 […]
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Your Very Best
I was watching the finals of the women’s figure skating competition of the Vancouver Olympics on TV and one skater after another performed at a higher level than they had ever achieved in their lifetime […]
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Almost Who?
I’ve been digging through some of the photos and mementos I have collected in over a half a century in the safety field and I started to realize that I have played a number of […]
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Instant Behavior Modification
I was just reading what it says under Visit Our Website below. “instant behavior modification…” Man does that sound like a crock. If I hadn’t witnessed it myself time and time again and had clients […]
A Little Humor
Judge
Judge “And what were you doing in the early morning of August 27th, 2009?” “Your honor, I was driving home from a New Year’s Eve party.”