David Obbee's (obbee) Blog

This past school year, I was involved with a local non-profit organization as a mentor to a group of high school students.  Yesterday was our last session for the year.  The woman who runs the program gave a short farewell talk, and she asked everyone in the room to raise their hands as high as t...

I came across a great quote today from Maxine Clark, the founder and CEO of Build-A-Bear, the popular retail chain which allows children to make their own designer stuffed animals.  Ms. Clark said, "Conventional wisdom in itself isn't bad.  The problem is that following it makes you look like eve...

Last night as we ate, my wife and two daughters and I had a frank discussion about our diets, and we acknowledged that none of us eat enough vegetables.  We do eat them, of course- we're not that unhealthy- but we don't have enough vegetables with our meals, at least not according to the dieticia...

Yesterday morning, on the way to work I stopped at an organic grocery store to pick up a few things.  While I was there I came across something I had never seen before: cashew juice.  I always thought cashews were nuts, but they're not; they're seeds, and apparently juice can be made from the fru...

Over the weekend, my wife and I were flipping through the channels on cable tv.  Our service provider has an "information" button on the remote; if you press it, a little box will pop up with a synopsis of the program you highlighted.  My wife hit the button on a movie ("King of the Lost World") ...

Last night my wife and I attended a fundraiser dinner for a local charity.  Afterwards, she was saying goodbye to some friends while I waited with some other folks at the valet queue.  The couple standing next to me looked vaguely familiar, so I asked them if they had gone to my college.  They ha...

Today marks my 75th blog on Active Rain.  I have tried very hard to come up with stories, anecdotes and lessons that are useful for salespeople in any profession, while also implementing the keywords that help promote Obbee.  Obbee provides cutting edge sales leads for the real estate, mortgage,...

Last night my daughters and I took my wife out to dinner at a "fancy" restaurant.  Both of my girls ordered spaghetti, one with marinara sauce and one with alfredo.  My younger daughter, who sat directly across from me, struggled mightily but valiantly to eat her spaghetti without making too much...