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Fave Five: Drinking Holidays

May 5, 2024sonicelwoodFave FiveAlcohol, Beer, Cinco de Mayo, Drinking, Fave Five, Halloween, Holidays, Labor Day, New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day, Summer

Happy Cinco de Mayo! This holiday – a regional celebration of Mexico’s 1862 victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla – has more or less become an excuse for Americans to consume lots of tequila (in shot or margarita form), Mexican beer, and tacos… without taking too much time to think deeply about

Elwood’s Fave Five Numbers from 1 to 5

Apr 19, 2024sonicelwood2 CommentsFave FiveFave Five, five, four, numbers, one, Schoolhouse Rock, three, Three is a Magic Number, two

Welcome to the inaugural edition of my Fave Five. Every week I’ll share a list of five of my favorite things in a given category. Lists could include anything from Fave Five Simpsons Episodes to Fave Five Cereal Mascots to Fave Five Led Zeppelin Songs. I’m calling these lists my Fave Five to reinforce that

“Take Your Blog…” – an open response to Fred Jacobs’ article on “quiet quitting”

Aug 31, 2022sonicelwood7 CommentsRadio IndustryElwood, Fred Jacobs, hustle culture, Jacobs Media, Labor, LinkedIn, New York Times, Quiet Quitting, radio, Ryan Bjorn, There's No Quiet Quitting in Radio, work boundaries, work life balance, workers rights, working conditions

By Ryan “Elwood” Bjorn Mr. Jacobs, In your Jacobs Media blog article this week discussing one of 2022’s workplace buzzwords, “quiet quitting,” you share a definition from LinkedIn career guru Blair Heitmann. “For many, it’s a way to achieve better work-life balance, and is the latest move away from hustle culture. It could mean seeking