About The Jackdaw Journal

A Publication of M2 Communications

jack-daw [JAK-dah], n. 1. a glossy, black, European bird, corvus monedula, of the crow family, that nests in towers, ruins, etc.; has a proclivity to collect bright objects that attract its attention; can include bits of ice, things round or square, twigs, filaments of light bulbs; specialist on the lookout of what fits the construction of its nest.

jackdaw journal [JAK-dah JERN-al], n. 1. a repository of bright objects — wit, wisdom and whimsey — collected and/or created by Michael McKinney. 2. a web log or blog

La Raison d'être

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Jackdaw Journal

It's these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of our running and all of our cunning
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

—Jimmy Buffet • Singer/Songwriter

"I am not thinking about the distances we travel, but how far we have to travel as men."

—Horatio Hornblower

It is in this spirit that I present The Jackdaw Journal. You will find that I do not blog on a regular basis but only when the mood strikes me. Nevertheless, please jump in anywhere, anytime, but do jump in!

Michael McKinney is the president of M2 Communications. His main blog is the Leading Blog found at LeadershipNow.com. The Jackdaw Journal is his personal blogging site and catches whatever doesn't fit in at the Leading Blog and then some.

Michael McKinney is the publisher of Foundations Magazine—Ideas to Build Your Life On.