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The Call to Adventure – On Doing What You Love
Over the course of the last six months it's been quite an interesting experience, to say the least, being asked, on a rather frequent basis, why did I leave big corporate life at IBM, specially, with the last round of dream jobs, to instead build my own business into the unknown with that inherent flair of uncertainty, specially, given the current times we are living in, and still have no regrets about moving on into that next adventure, whatever that may well be like. Well, after all of that time I guess I am now ready and have a proper answer that I can go by with and that pretty much describes the main reason(s) why I decided, after 17 years, it was time to move on: doing what you love.
Well, those words are not really my own, but from the one and only Jim Carrey, when earlier on in the year had the wonderful opportunity, for all of us to witness thanks to the wonders of the Social Web, to deliver the commencement address at Maharishi University of Management's class of 2014 doing quite a phenomenal piece of work in terms of describing what life should be all about. At least, what he himself makes out of it. I tell you, you got to love commencement addresses. They can well be quite an inspiring and motivational round of resources to remind you why we are all here in the first place in terms of finding our very own purposes and meaning on what we do. Jim's is right up there in terms of how it can elevate your spirit(s) to think different AND act different by reminding each and everyone of us as to why we make certain decisions the way we do and describe pretty much how vast majority of that decision making process is, actually, driven either by love or fear. Here is a snippet of what I mean and that pretty much describes that whole process in the words of Jim's own father, which are, if anything, nothing short of pure brilliance. If not, judge for yourselves:
"I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love"
Whoah!! Can it get better and more profound than that?!?! Oh, yes, it surely can! Take a look into this link that contains the full commencement address (A bit over 26 minutes), and which will be totally worth while watching in its entirety. And if you would want to, you can also take a look into the Transcript of Full Commencement Address where you will be able to read through his entire speech. Absolutely stunning!
I'm not going to tease you much longer nor to spoil it for you by sharing plenty of the golden gems he shared across that 26 minute long speech, but while watching it through I just couldn't help remembering a very recent blog post that my very good friend, Rob Paterson, put together under the rather thought provoking title "The Call to Adventure – Is This You Too?" and which pretty much describes that inner urge from each and everyone of us of "becoming the change". At the heart of the matter though is for us all to figure out if our decision making process strikes either for love or fear, for that matter, and how we learn to live with that decision, regardless of the outcome.
I guess 3 years after I wrote Welcome to the Social Enterprise Awakening I am only now starting to comprehend the reach and full potential of the disruption of all of these emerging technologies and social networks not only in a business environment, but also in our society as a whole. I can probably say that it took me 14 years to perhaps realise about it, but then again, I suppose that, subconsciously, back then when I wrote that piece, I was already telling myself something that stroke my brain really hard as well when a couple of months back Seth Godin wrote: "It's probably easier and certainly more direct to talk to yourself about loving what you do."
And forget about everything else, because, regardless of what people may well tell you, it's no longer worth your time, effort and energy to pursue those endeavours you may well not be truly passionate about. Yes, indeed, it's all about the passion, after all, about figuring out what kind of passion you have, its real true meaning, along with purpose, how eventually you get to find it, and how you, at long last, put it into action.
I guess that's essentially what my "in transition" period has been like, since I went independent, if I were to describe it in just a few words, but perhaps much more interesting and intriguing is the overall journey itself, that call to adventure that Rob referred to in the above shared link, of doing what I love doing, even though I'm only now just getting started with it. You see? One of the things I have learned over the course of the years and perhaps I am now fully embracing in its whole measure is how "Life Is Too Short For You To Get Good At What You Don't Want To Be Doing".
And whenever that happens, it's time to move on and become the change, because, eventually, it's not the final destination what really matters, but the actual journey. That is, that awakening phase we all get to define for ourselves. And, remember, we are not alone. We have never been alone, since our networks are just within reach of a post, a phone call, or a simple face to face conversation. In short, it's our collective choice of whether to go for rather a conservative decision or a bold move and from there onwards make the most out of it.
Hopefully, the latter. Yes, that's what I am currently working on… And you?
Written by Luis Suarez
Chief Emergineer and People Enabler. A well seasoned Social / Open Business evangelist and 2.0 practitioner with over 15 years of experience on knowledge management, collaboration, learning, online communities and social networking for business; and has been living, since February 2008, a (work) life without email challenging the status quo of how knowledge workers collaborate and share their knowledge by promoting openness, transparency, trust, sustainable growth, engagement, connectedness and overall smart work. He can also be contacted over in Twitter at @elsua or Google Plus.
The Soothing Effect of Blogging
It's hard to believe, even for myself, how the last time I wrote a blog post over here was a bit over two months ago. However, it doesn't even feel totally awkward, as it used to be in the past, whenever I embarked on a longish blogging hiatus of sorts. Not even embarrassing anymore. I know, I am still trying to find an answer for that one, too. Go figure. I guess that's what happens when a frenzy of activities both personal life and work related take over the daily blogging routines to the point they fall off to the bottom of the list of priorities and at some point they drop out altogether. To never come back though? I doubt it. Seriously. My fingers have been itching for a good while wanting to come back to the blog and keep up with the writing in the long form. Somehow it wasn't the right time for me to come back just yet. But now that things seem to have settled down a bit, here I am, once again, bringing back my blogging mojo to life and this time around I guess it's for good. Why? Well, for a good number of reasons, as you are about to see shortly, but, mainly, because I have been missing it all along more than I thought I would and it's time to get busy writing again! There is just too much going on inside my head that wants to come out and I guess it's now a good time to stop being the bottleneck and share along …
Where shall I start then? How can I summarise plenty of the things that I have gone through in the last couple of months into a single blog entry without boring you all to death with my chaotic ramblings and still provide some helpful insights of what I have been exposed to so far? It's going to be a challenge, I know, so I guess I better get down to it and see where it will take me. And what a better way of kicking things off than instead of writing long paragraphs to keep it short with some quick entry points that I can then develop into additional blog posts over the course of time, specially, for those key areas I'd want to develop further thoughts on as we move along.
Think of it as snacking around into my brain for bits and pieces here and there on what I have been going through in the last couple of months, of what's been in my mind, what I have been learning, and overall how things are moving along for yours truly, as an independent trusted advisor around Social Business and Digital Transformation. So, let's go ahead and do it!
- I can't believe it's been 6 months already since I left IBM and decided to go independent as a trusted advisor around Social / Open Business & Digital Transformation. And you know what? It is already starting to feel like it's been ages ago, to the point where I'm beginning to question why didn't I go independent 10 years ago when I had the first opportunity and, instead, I let it go?
- Yes, life as a freelancer on the subject matter(s) you are truly passionate about has just been wonderful all along, even more so when it all turns into paid client work. Clients who are just as passionate, committed and determined as you are, if not even more so!, in inspiring their own digital transformation and you are capable of bringing to life the "job title" you decided to embrace right from the start: Chief Emergineer & People Enabler.
- Back when I was still at IBM I thought I had it just right in terms of striking that so-called work life integration, only to learn how wrong I was now that I'm fully experiencing what it is like being less busy and hectic, but more effective and creative on what I do, while I get to experience, fully, what it is like living in paradise island.
- It's been rather interesting, and somewhat intriguing, to be frank, to finally adjust and embrace the notion that what you thought were going to become work streams and potential revenue opportunities didn't bring a single euro cent into your bank account after I left IBM. And other activities I thought would never have a chance with me have now become my second, most prolific, revenue stream. Yes, I'm doing a lot less business travelling for public speaking opportunities, I'm doing a lot more business travelling for client meetings to conduct face to face workshops around Adoption & Enablement techniques, regardless of the digital tool(s) in place.
- Less business travelling means I'm spending a whole lot more time getting stranded back at home, which is not a bad problem to have per se, contrary to what some people have mentioned when they found out I was moving on and thought I would get bored to death as a result. Not likely.
- Life works in mysterious ways but always keen to remind you when you are spreading too thin and how it's time to regroup, refocus on what you really want to do with your work and personal life and stick around with it, getting rid of all of the unnecessary baggage. Yes, family health scares (second one in a year!) will have such an impact that they would manage to make you re-prioritise how you spend your time online engaging with total strangers while you keep neglecting what you have got at home. Always. Never forget that.
- Summer months will always be relatively quiet, giving you plenty of offline time to think what you would want to do when people come back to work after the summer break. And, for me, this time around it's meant coming up with tons of wonderful business travelling opportunities starting off by mid-September and till year end. Eventually, ending up in some kind of European Tour of sorts! Yes, I know, embrace the opportunities themselves, because you never know when they will come up again. Live the moment…
- The excitement and flexibility of being an independent advisor still trump the uncertainty of no longer having a fixed monthly pay check. Your brain adjusts, your lifestyle does as well and you manage to learn to live with more intent with less and still have a blast altogether.
- Somehow someone decided it was a good idea to pack up all of the different face to face conference events I'm interested in in 2 or 3 months and leave out the rest of the year. So June till mid-July have been somewhat buzzing as will be October – November. Enjoying quite a bit those peaks of activity, because right after I know things will go back to normal, vs. the continuous frenzy from my previous work life.
- It took me quite a bit of self-convincing, but after giving it plenty of thought over the course of the last three months, I have finally decided to turn Life Without eMail into another work stream for yours truly. Main reason being? Well, mostly, because after the 6 months that have gone by I can now confirm that even freelancers / independent advisors can, too!, live without email as an effective collaboration and knowledge sharing tool. I will be writing plenty more about this one from now onwards, but, as an example, if last year I was averaging around 35 incoming emails per week (More on that soon!), I'm 6 months into this new life of a freelancer and I'm down to 5.5 emails per week. If you'd remember, the lowest number of incoming email I managed to get while at IBM was in 2011 with 16 emails per week. Yes!!, it's now time to show the rest of the business world how it works and how everyone can make it happen for themselves. And beyond!
- It looks like I still have got running through my veins plenty of my teaching, educating, enabling from over the years, as I have been confirming lately with a number of different face to face workshops, so the interest towards Learning in a Connected World is back for yours truly and I suspect it will be back for a good while as I'm getting more and more interested in rather innovative learning approaches like heutagogy.
- I still don't miss Facebook much after having deleted my account over 4 years ago, and specially, given some recent rather disturbing events. And, for that matter, I don't miss a single bit my LinkedIn account either, that I deleted a couple of months back (as I wrote over in this article). That means, indeed, I am growing thicker, once again, around Twitter, Google Plus, this blog, my Flickr & Instagram IDs (for photoblogging), eventually, abandoning walled gardens to their own fate and trying to enjoy the Open Social Web, while it lasts… If it does … That is why you will see plenty more blogging over here coming along from now onwards, as I have also decided to take an extended break from closed spaces / groups. The legacy from all of them is dead right from the moment you hit the publish / post buttons.
- There has been a one single event that has reminded me, quite fondly, why I have missed writing on this blog for far too long and that was writing a series of blog posts for a client. That blogging exercise alone reminded me how much I enjoy writing overall and why I'm back for a good while now. I fully understand I am a bit rusty, chaotic and messy at times, like with this blog entry of ramblings…, but, indeed, never underestimate the soothing and enticing power of sharing your ideas out there in the open for others to comment, improve and collaborate around them. It just can't get better than that. Oh, wait, it certainly can: when the final product is better than the original idea. Collectively.
- And talking about writing, there is, finally!, a book in the making by yours truly. Yes, I know, it should have been done a long long time ago, but, hey, it's never too late if the cause is a good one, right? hehe Stay tuned for more details on it, please. I will be writing about it some more in-depth shortly…
- Ohhh, one more thing, I am currently toying with the idea of putting together as well an ebook around the Top 101 blog posts that have seen the light over here in this blog over the years around KM, Social / Open Business and Digital Transformation, as it's approaching its 10th year anniversary in the Internet Blogosphere in memoriam to its predecessor, my corporate Intranet blog, that I got started back in 2003, but that, alas, is now sadly defunct. So long, my dear friend. Thank you for all of the rather good and fond memories from over the years!
Now, talking about legacy, and an unforgettable footprint left behind, as I am about to wrap up this post for today, I just couldn't help remembering and celebrating the one from someone who marked my youth (And I am sure that one from hundreds of millions of people out there!), and early years into adulthood, by teaching far too many key learnings and life lessons through the amazingly inspiring power of storytelling than the brilliant, rather witty, humorous, vast majority of times utterly hilarious and comforting Robin Williams. Laughter is a healthy thing. Making people laugh their hearts out is a gift. Quite a special human being, indeed, who always had a kind word for everyone and who knew how to channel through his immense talent to make this world a slightly better place. And now that he is gone, "we just have to work twice as hard to fill it back up again".
Thank you, O Captain, My Captain!
Get out there and "make your life spectacular!"
Written by Luis Suarez
Chief Emergineer, People Enabler and a well seasoned Social / Open Business evangelist and 2.0 practitioner with over 15 years of experience on knowledge management, collaboration, learning, online communities and social networking for business; and has been living, since February 2008, a (work) life without email challenging the status quo of how knowledge workers collaborate and share their knowledge by promoting openness, transparency, trust, sustainable growth, engagement, connectedness and overall smart work. He can also be contacted over in Twitter at @elsua or Google Plus.
Relentless Networking and the Power of Now
Even though I am now an independent freelancer working as a trusted advisor to clients around Social Business and Digital Transformation, after 17 years of corporate life at IBM, there are still some things that I guess don't change much, or, at least, not as fast as I would have hoped for. One of those areas is business travelling, that, although not happening as often as it used to be, it's one of those activities where I still see plenty of room for improvement, specially, when trying to combine being on the road and still keep up with my digital activities. You would think after all of these years, and several hundreds of business trips, I would get the hang out of it already, but, alas, it doesn't seem to be the case. At least, not yet. It's just like I disappear into thin air, except perhaps for Twitter, for a good few days and, before I realise and try to make an effort about coming back into the Social Web, I am then back home from travelling, and we are back in business. Goodness! Will I ever be capable of reconciling business travelling and digital interactions? Probably not, and here is why.
Relentless networking. A rather short and straight to the point description as to why I would never be capable of reconciling my online social interactions with the offline world, while I am on the move. Never mind that as soon as I leave the country, my mobile phone turns itself into a brick. A rather expensive brick. Somehow my motivation then to remain connected just disappears, since I can't come to terms with the fact of paying hugely expensive roaming charges for something that it is starting to feel more of a right, yes, the Right to a Decent Internet Access, even for road warriors like myself, when we are away from our traditional work locations.
Twitter is perhaps an exception to all of this. Its mobile immediacy and ever growing global reach, along with the very little consumption of data while on the road, allows me to still keep an eye on all things digital. But it's rather interesting to see how I essentially morph, on purpose, how I use this social networking tool whether I am working at my home office or while on the road. At home, it's my preferred and most energising, inspiring, serendipity-prone, personal learning network. When I travel it's my main method of how I connect and reach out to people in my network(s). And that's where the relentless networking I mentioned above kicks in.
I guess, all along, my main focus, when I am embarking on a business trip, is to essentially put an emphasis on connecting with people and reach out, whether they are part of my network(s), or not, through face to face conversations. Late last year I went through the Strengths Finder assessment (More about this one item coming up shortly as a new blog entry, by the way) and I "discovered" how the number #1 top strength from yours truly is that one of Connectedness. It didn't surprise me. Perhaps it confirmed my ever growing inner urge to connect with others through face to face interactions, when I am in the road, sensing I may not have the chance to meet up with those people in the near / short term. So better make the most out of it while we are enjoying the now. The present. And then continue to make use of digital technologies, when back at the home office, to help enhance those already existing personal business relationships.
I suppose that's how I roll and I venture to state that pretty much describes what I have been involved with last week, when I travelled for a good few days to Brussels to do a workshop and a remote presentation for two different events (I will be blogging shortly on a different entry about this as well). And then I decided to spend the rest of the time meeting up good old friends, or new ones, who may be around and who would be able to meet up for a drink, or a meal, or both. Understanding that, you know, your online social interactions will always be there. However, the connecting with others in the now is just a split moment in our life times. You need to be at the right place and at the right moment with a specific purpose, that one of letting serendipity do its magic. And from there onwards go with the flow and enjoy it.
That's something that I have learned, of all of unexpected places, and I am sure it may well be a bit of a shock for most of you, specially, if you won't have one, but from my dog, a Belgian sheepdog: Boira, who happens to understand and embrace the now pretty well. To him everything happens in the moment, so you may as well be ready to enjoy it and make the most out of it, because thinking about the past or wondering about the future just doesn't fit, or as Bil Keane would say: "Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present".
That's probably the main reason as to why after all of these years, perhaps it's now a good time for me to stop, once and for all, trying to find a balance between offline and online interactions while I am travelling and focus perhaps on the now, i.e. on what I can do right there, right then, at that very moment, when connecting and reaching out with other people face to face, understanding that online digital interactions, after all, can wait, while the ubiquitousness of the present moment, right when serendipity is just about to strike, can't. And that's when it hit me last week, while in Brussels, because, in between events, I only had a single thought in mind: network, network and network again.
Relentlessly. Non-stop. You know how it goes. You are your network, your network is you. It's what you build and nurture over the course of time. It takes an awful lot of energy, effort and intent. But it's just totally worth it. And sometimes it's good to have a reminder to Look Up, to pause and reflect from all of the hectic digital interactions, and let the world slow down for a bit having some bloody good conversations, as my good friend Euan Semple would say. Well, that's just what happened last week while enjoying one of my favourite cities in Europe, Brussels. And, now that I am at my home office again, it's time to go back to all things digital to keep cultivating those already existing interactions and newly built (offline) relationships.
Till the next business trip …
Written by Luis Suarez
Chief Emergineer, People Enabler and Charter Member of Change Agents Worldwide and a well seasoned Social / Open Business evangelist and 2.0 practitioner with over 15 years of experience on knowledge management, collaboration, learning, online communities and social networking for business; and has been living, since February 2008, a (work) life without email challenging the status quo of how knowledge workers collaborate and share their knowledge by promoting openness, transparency, trust, sustainable growth, engagement, connectedness and overall smart work. He can also be contacted over in Twitter at @elsua or Google Plus.


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Crowd source payday lending, a la Barclaycard Ring
Yesterday, my CFSI colleague, David Newville, was trying to persuade me that the payday industry should do what Barclay's new credit card, Barclaycard Ring, intends to do: offer its customers total transparency into the costs, profits and losses of its business and the opportunity to build the product themselves. Crowd sourced lending!
You can read about the Barclaycard here, here and here. Basically, they intend to share the profits with the customers, then let them decide what features to add and how to price the product. If the majority of users are want bigger profit sharing, the prices will be high. If they want lower costs, they'll "earn" less. It's a powerful idea.
In the realm of the underbanked, where credit issues are so controversial and all parties so ossified in their positions there is practically no real conversation - or change to the status quo. The "predatory" lenders are incredibly defensive at any suggestion they could do more for the welfare of their customers: "we serve a big need" is their (true) refrain. The consumer "advocates" are so blind with anger at the practices of the capitalists that they ignore the realities and consequences of the people they care so much about. As a result, nothing much happens: a rate cap pops up here; an offshore lender pops up there. Repeat.
Could a way to unwind this be to give the advocates the information they need to price and structure a product that reaches fewer with lower cost, and force THEM to find a balance? The trouble otherwise, is that nothing is ever enough.
With credit democratizer Chris Larsen and responsible lending pioneer James Gutierrez both leaving their posts this week, perhaps they should start a Barclaycard Ring for the underbanked: crowd sourced short-term credit targeting the emerging consumer. Core wants to fund it!

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No More Excuses. Op-Ed by Raty Syka
Read this Op-Ed and then show your support by attending the rally tomorrow at 2PM (4/13), Street-side Rotunda.
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The Cav Daily has published an opinion piece in which a graduating fourth year looks back on her time at UVA and once again makes the case for a Living Wage. Great article Claire!


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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Ode to A Pencil Thin Mustache
Okay, I admit it, those idiosyncratic pencil mustaches are an acquired taste. No actor worth his salt would dare have one today. (At least none that I can name off the top of my head.) He'd be laughed off the red carpet. When you do spot a little furry line under an aquiline nose, above sultry etched lips, you think: must be for a movie role. Yup. These little attention getters have definitely gone out of fashion. Let's face it, a pencil thin mustache goes with slicked back hair, a sleek pin-striped suit and a nice pair of correspondent shoes but maybe not so much with t-shirt, baggy shorts and flip flops.
Although Johnny Depp could probably carry that look off. (I think he could probably carry anything off. Reason why I'm thinking he will make something special of THE THIN MAN once they find the right person to play Nora. The trick to playing period, I'm convinced, is to appear as if you are NOT playing period. To look as if this is naturally how you dress. No matter what is called for, you must appear as if this your every day way of dressing. I'm convinced if you master that, you can wear anything on screen. Reason why it all works for Depp.)
I pine. I pine for the tonsorial splendor ot the 1930's and 40's. Back then, a pencil thin mustache could belong to the most dastardly of sleazy villains or the most dapper of dashing heroes. The pencil thin showed no favorites though it did, in certain cases, show a marked preference for the sneer. And of course, dark hair was essential. I mean, a blond pencil thin mustache had no drama, no oomph, no exclamation, no 'look at me' intent.
Back then, who had the best examples of pencil thin panache? Feast your eyes on the following:
Gilbert Roland. The most elegant of Latin screen legends. Not quite a major star. But not quite a nobody either. He was, to my way of thinking, the man who never aged. In fact, as the years passed, he only got better and better looking.Obviously he'd found the fountain of youth and took a sip or two.(Or he kept a portrait up in the attic which did his aging for him.) And far as I know, he always kept his mustache.
William Powell. Remembered for his insouciant portrayal of Nick Charles in THE THIN MAN movies. He was born to play the dashing, dapper, martini guzzling, wise-cracking detective opposite Myrna Loy as his lucky, indulgent wife, Nora. If he ever shaved his lip, I don't remember it.
Robert Donat. One of the few actors who looked just as good without a mustache as with. Though he did appear a bit more dapper with. Remembered most, I suppose, for his role as an innocent man on the run from a bunch of dangerous spies AND the cops in Hitchcock's early classic, THE 39 STEPS, a film in which Donat was the epitome of cool under pressure.
Clark Gable. The King. A super star who basically kept his sexy take-charge persona from beginning to end. While he did, occasionally, appear mustache-less, I don't believe it ever worked very well for him. Without that furry lip, Gable appeared oddly vulnerable and ill at ease.I think that mustache gave him strength, i.e. the Samson complex.
Basil Rathbone. Another actor who could appear with or without. Though he tended to play the villain when he was with 'stache. As Sherlock Holmes he was without and it did nothing to rob him of his strength. He had a finely boned face and an intelligent brow, that always helped when he appeared without.
Vincent Price. Now here was an actor who, without his mustache, appeared on screen as weak, lily-livered and in general need of being smacked about. It was the most remarkable transformation. Add the mustache and he was suddenly in command of a situation or at least able to give the impression that he was. My favorite Vincent Price role? The sleazy, oily, Shelby Carpenter in LAURA - sans mustache.
Errol Flynn. Another superstar, but one whose looks didn't hold up as well as Gable's. While he was 'in' looks he was magnificent on screen, mostly with mustache. Though in THE SEA HAWK (his first starring role) and CAPTAIN BLOOD, two early swashbuckling films in which he dazzled - he appeared without the 'stache. Later, the mustache became part of his dashing, on-screen persona.
Warren Williams. Never a huge star, he often played business types, detectives, lawyers (Perry Mason) and other assorted stalwart men with chiseled profiles. I am a big fan of Williams, mostly because of his role in GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 where he played opposite Joan Blondell and his role as Julius Caesar in CLEOPATRA opposite Claudette Colbert.
Ronald Colman. A Golden Age star with, at one time, the most recognizable speaking voice in films. Colman had that inchoate, elegant air of the movie-star down pat - but to me, he always looked better with the 'stache than without. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA is my favorite of his many films. Though LOST HORIZON comes in a close second.
Tom Conway. Brother to the more famous actor, George Sanders. I will always remember Conway as the lead in The Falcon B-movie mysteries in which he 'literally' took over for Sanders who originated the role. And of course, who can forget Conway as the oh-so-elegantly sleazy psychiatrist in CAT PEOPLE? Not me.
And finally, have you ever met anyone who didn't like David Niven and his snappy little mustache? Hardly remember ever seeing him without - it served him very well in a long and varied career. A man and actor who made being a bon-vivant on screen, a good thing. LOVED him as Colonel Race in Agatha Christie's DEATH ON THE NILE and as the bemused, self-important drama critic in PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES with Doris Day, and as the world traveller (by balloon) with Shirley MacLaine in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. And even when he went strictly dramatic, i.e. in GUNS OF NAVARONE or playing opposite Kim Hunter in Michael Powell's wartime fantasy, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, he was entirely believable. (Without 'stache' if I'm remembering correctly which is always a chancy proposition at best.) You would never think an actor with such a specific look could be so utterly fabulous is so many varied roles. But you'd be wrong.
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I think the pencil thin mustache is swell, and I can't decide which one is best among all those handsome chaps. Tonsorial splendor, oh, yeah. Show me a guy in a suit.ReplyDelete
An embarrassment of riches, Jacqueline. A virtual embarrassment. ;)ReplyDelete
First of all, I love pencil thin mustaches. There is something rather sexy about them. I think it's what made Powell and Price as good looking as they were.ReplyDelete
Errol Flynn though is in a whole other league for me. There is no way that man ever looked bad, but he was down right hot with the mustache. Oh so sexy.
Hello Yvette:ReplyDelete
Now who could resist all of these splendid 'matinée idols' with or without their moustaches? But perhaps to know who they are is to 'date' us [and we think of ourselves as Peter Pan!].
Happy Friday!
What a funny coincidence! I was recently watching some old Dick Van Dyke Show episodes (with Mary Tyler Moore) on Netflix (I could watch them all day long!) and the funniest side splitting episode is the one where Laura gets her toe stuck in the faucet in a hotel bathroom! Rob is on the other side of the locked door painting a David Niven mustache on his face with Laura's eyebrow pencil - only it's indelible ink! It's hilarious! They go on an on about debonair David Niven and his mustache!!! You've got to see it if you haven't already. One of my favorite episodes!ReplyDelete
Of course two other famous mustaches--funny precisely because they're NOT pencil thin--are those of Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx. I'm impressed with the ones you found.ReplyDelete
Ryan: Yeah, but you know, Ryan, you sort of have to live up to the aura of the pencil thin. It is a demanding master. HA!ReplyDelete
Flynn was so good looking, especially early on. I loved him in CAPTAIN BLOOD and those westerns, DODGE CITY and, I think, SAN ANTONIO....sigh!
Jane and Lance: It sure does date us. Ha! But what the heck, they were Movie Stars then. They had faces then...!ReplyDelete
It's all about coincidence in the Blogosphere!! Ha! I don't remember that episode.I'll have to look it up. That was a great show!ReplyDelete
Robin: Groucho's mustache wasn't even real - at least in the movies. I didn't even realize that until I was older. :)ReplyDelete
But this time out I was concentrating on the idiosyncratic Pencil Thin. You wouldn't think there were that many different types of mustaches. But there are. :)
- kathy d.June 11, 2011 at 1:12 AM
Who would have thought? It never dawned on me to appreciate pencil-thin mustaches.ReplyDelete
However, where would David Niven, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, William Powell and the others have been without them? It contributed to that IT factor.
Now, Johnny Depp looks great with that moustache, but he'd look good any way he wants to look, without or without a mustache, a beard, even hair.
Kathy: I'm with you about Johnny Depp's attractions. Ha! I love him as the ditzy Captain Jack Sparrow.ReplyDelete
And I have a feeling I'm going to love him as Nick Charles and hopefully he'll wear a pencil thin.
Yvette, I adored your cavalcade-of-stars salute to pencil-thin mustaches on dapper actors! When I saw and very much enjoyed Woody Allen's new comedy MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, I was delighted to see my favorite contemporary actor Adrien Brody playing Salvador Dali in find comedic form! Since Brody was playing the younger Dali, hanging out with the Surrealists, he had a pencil-thin mustache (as opposed to the wild-and-crazy 'stache Dali sported in later years), and he looked ever so dashing, if I do say so myself! :-)ReplyDelete
In my mind, Dorian, I can 'see' Adrien Brody with a pencil-thin. He can definitely carry it off. One of the few 'today' actors who can.ReplyDelete
I've heard so many many good things about this new Woody Allen film. I am definitely going to add it to my 'save' queue.
Can't wait to see it. :)
Glad you enjoyed my 'cavalcade of stars'. HA!
You know, looking at these guys, I'm thinking a pencil thin mustache is the only way to go if a guy's going to sport a mustache. A thicker mustache without a goatee kind of looks like a 70's porn star but these guys do look dashing.ReplyDelete
Lisa: I agree. But a pencil thin is a great responsibilty. It gives a man an 'air' of something or other. An 'air' he must then live up to. :)ReplyDelete
I so dislike that fuzzy mustache, goatee thing. Except maybe on Johnny Depp. On Johnny I can stand just about anything. Ha!
Film/A/V this week, Yvette? Would this be your choice?ReplyDelete
Asked and answered, Todd. :)ReplyDelete
- A. W. RichardsApril 2, 2013 at 4:04 PM
How could you forget the immortal Douglas Fairbanks?ReplyDelete


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Larry wrote on Feb 1, 2014 9:13 PM:
@wtby watchdog; don't worry, if a cop hits a student I'm sure he'd be fighting for his job as well. Are you suggesting they can't be rough with rough and rabid people?
Nobody....no cop, no prizefighter....nobody fights without adrenalin. Things go from rough to rougher, but people put on this ignorant and artificial expectation of police "professional detatchment" as if such a thing were possible. Eventually the clamour causes the politicians to undermine their own police dept. and we get what we have in every major city in Connecticut (and most everywhere else EXCEPT Waterbury).
Wake me when they rough up an innocent respectful and compliant man. "
wtbywtchdog wrote on Feb 1, 2014 10:47 PM:
My point would be that police officers are trained to handle these situations tactfully. Any officer should be able to handle almost any 1 on 1 altercation. When you get to a 4 on 1 scenario it becomes abuse and should be handled as such.
A teacher is not trained teach not subdue but they still put their jobs on the line for safety. "
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Until you've walked into a medical call turned domestic abuse or riot and needed the WPD's help, you don't know what you're talking about. This city is full of ANIMALS. Drug induced maniacs and far too many who put no value on life (even their own). These police officers have to fight with them daily. I've NEVER seen a officer get rough with anyone that didn't need to get taken down. Training or not, once the feces hits the propulsion unit, it's not easy to go 1/2 speed. There aren't enough people getting tuned up in Waterbury. As far as I'm concerned, Swing at a police officer, you get a beating. PERIOD "
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