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April 30, 2021
By LesOverhead
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in Art, communication, Creative, handwriting, history, writing

Learn by handwriting

I once read that Hunter S. Thompson, as a young and ambitious writer, tried to improve his writing by copying word for word the opening chapter of The Great Gatsby. At that age, long before he became a literary legend, Thompson considered Fitzgerald’s book to be the great American novel, or close to it. So […]

February 11, 2020
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in communication, future, positivity, speaking

Positively speaking. Am I full of it?

I used to argue with my daughter about the “half glass of water.” I claimed it was half full. She always said half empty. The more I tried to convince her to think positive, she affirmed the negative. I gave up. This came to mind when I read some research on how to communicate with […]

November 29, 2019
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in communication, Creative, future, humor, kangaroo, Wizard of Oz, writing

SEE BEHIND THE CURTAIN – LES OVERHEAD EMAIL SIGNUP

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April 28, 2018
By LesOverhead
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in communication, humor, robots, typos, writing

Why I no longer hate typos

Somewhere, a robot is laughing at me. Typos used to bug the holy bejezus outta me. They drove me berserk. Whenever I saw one on a sign I wanted to tear it down. If I saw one in a news story or magazine ad I wanted to set fire to it. Once when a Portland […]

September 28, 2017
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in communication, future, kneeling, writing

The Importance of Knees

As a competitive basketball player for untold years (48), I know well how important knees are. I would never have blocked as many shots (11) or swished so many countless jumpers (1,393), or dunked in so many opponents’ faces (0), without my knees rising to the occasion time after time. Go ahead and laugh. But […]

October 16, 2015
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in Art, communication, crazy, Creative, future, humor, story, Travel, Uber driving, writing

“Driving Strangers: Diary of an Uber Driver”

Strangely enough, I’ve recently collaborated on a book with good friend and weirdly talented Portland artist, Karen Wippich. It’s titled “Driving Strangers: Diary of an Uber Driver.” The book combines Karen’s oddly intriguing portraits with my brief, pithy musings about people I’ve ferried around Portland as an Uber driver. It features 25 art portraits, 75 […]

April 15, 2015
By LesOverhead
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in communication, crazy, Creative, humor

You simply must read this

HEY, LOOK THIS WAY! READ THIS AMAZING BLOG POST! You will be astounded at what happens next! Did you hear the shocking news? Are you missing the boat on this? Good God, HURRY! (Pause. Heavy, exasperated sigh.) I am really, really, really tired of emails and headlines that bark like yip dogs for attention. They […]

March 5, 2015
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in Archives, communication, Creative, history, humor, Videos

From Les Overhead archives

IMG_4501 1934 Les Overhead holiday card

January 30, 2015
By LesOverhead
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in communication, crazy, Creative, humor, Snake Charmers, Travel, writing

Lessons learned from a freelance Snake Charmer

On a recent holiday trip to Morocco, I spent some time in Marrakech with various local freelancers, including storytellers, drummers, dancers with roosters on their head, fortune-tellers, cell phone hawkers, and one highly charming snake charmer. I came away with five insights into freelancing that can be applied in any country, any line of work. […]