Author Archives: Justin Locke

[Dear Reader:  The “Principles of Applied Stupidity” are a hopefully humorous deconstruction of the “classroom conditioning” experiences most of us went through in public school.  This book looks at subtle management techniques that, while they would probably be labeled as … Continue reading →

I was watching a DVD of “South Pacific” last night, and on disc two there was a special feature: in 1954, there was a live TV broadcast that was a tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, and this was so popular … Continue reading →

When I was a little kid, my brother the locksmith (who was not the best academic student) once said regarding his report card of the day, “There are two kinds of smart. There’s book smart, and there’s smart smart.” I’m … Continue reading →

well i was pleased to be featured in the boston globe today, front page of the metrowest section no less!!  It’s an article about my self-publishing empire. Not sure how long the full article will be up, will probably revert … Continue reading →

Well like so many people I was sad to hear of Whitney Houston’s passing tonight.  And then all of a sudden I remembered, I performed with her once, long ago, at the Statue of Liberty Centennial: It was a memorable … Continue reading →

greetings to all my blog readers, and my apologies, I have been down with this nasty nagging cough (coming up on day 26 here– almost gone) and i have also been awfully busy. I have been crazed with marketing issues, … Continue reading →

So the SOPA bill has been indefinitely delayed, and now there’s another similar bill in Europe called ACTA which will probably suffer the same fate. But now that the hoopla has died down, here is my two cents: The entertainment … Continue reading →

hi everyone, I have come down with the nagging 2-week cough  . . .  But I have not just been sitting around. I finally shipped the files for the TENTH printing of “Real Men Don’t Rehearse” to Lightning Source and … Continue reading →

So I was reading a bunch of blog comments on yet another controversial issue today . . . the subject doesn’t matter for purposes of this post. I started to realize that this kind of harsh language is practically universal … Continue reading →

So I was watching some local unknown Senate candidate on TV the other day, and as is so often the case, the topic of campaign financing came up. And this got me thinking. Let me present the following scenario to … Continue reading →