Texting Tactician Prints

'Writing is just like texting except you have to use all of the letters in each word.'

'Bailiff, would you please send a text to, juror #2 and instruct him to put his phone away.'

This girl I knew from college has been texting me. I'm starting to wonder whether she's flirting. There's an easy way to tell, little buddy: What was the ratio of hot vs. cold words? "Hot words"? Hot. Sweaty. Tingly. Quiver. Melting. Breathe. Heart. Squeezed. Steamy. Crave. Soft. Sparkle. Sensuous. Tremor. If at least two-fifths of the words someone texts you are hot, you're in definite flirt-territory. I don't recognize any of those words.

'When I texted you all regarding the manner in which he died, I was disappointed by how many of you responded with 'lol'.'

'Ironic, I'm booking you for texting.'

'Sir, we're txting the enemy!'

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

Board Game Hunter

'Sir, your tweeting coach is here.'

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

Copywriter's blank paper compared to the gridded screen of a content provider.

"I just tweeted a chirp."

"So this is it...the first day of the new school year. I guess studying, tests and report cards are still the hot things around here."

"That was a rumor day."

'Well, I'm glad to have you with us!'

". . . and that dumb Mrs. Parker could have figured I had the Ace, King and Jack, but no, she goes ahead bidding in hearts. . ."

Being unable to clearly articulate responses to interview questions is a common mistake...

"Tell us again — a little less graphic."

Man and bird

"Miss. Wilcox, get me the coast."

"I have the new list of approved tweets."

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

'Remember, shares can also go down...'

'Oi, do you mind, trying to speak to my colleague - two self service tills having a chat together.'

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

"Sorry, Man! I had no idea Alexa would be here!"

"Buy on the dip, ignore the blip, and sell before the bubble bursts."

Arsene Wenger

This Amount of Computer Code

'Better get used to player rotation!'

'I don't know about you, Sam, but so far my clients aren't going for this cross between tradtional and online trading.'

'Queen you? There's no queen in checkers, and never has been or will be.'

"You didn't let me win; I let you lose."

"I haven't been in any academic journals but I do get my Tweets re-Tweeted a lot."

The invisible hand of the marketplace.