She rounded the bushes at 141 Trismen from the Iofreddo house, as if she had dropped in from a different dimension in time.  She looked at me, at 6 years old, and started talking.  She started talking, as she always did.  “Daddy, you wouldn’t believe what just happened today.”  It’s not that anything that happened today was [...]

I’ve never been in the military. My Dad was. He was Air Force. He fought in World War II . . . in Italy. He took his discharge after the war, spent two years in civilian life, and went back into the military with my mom, the first Italian war bride. He spent the next 20 [...]

I got an email the other day from a friend. I thought I would share it with you. Let me give you the context of why I thought it worthwhile. As I have been fighting the demons of this dark period over the past several months, I’ve been attempting not only to deal with the day [...]

General Douglas McArthur said that every military defeat can be explained by two words: “Too late.” Original writing date: May 8, 2008

For my birthday, my sweethearts gave me a card telling me what we were going to do over the long Labor Day weekend, all three days (four days, including Friday evening family night) for my birthday. They included all of the things they knew I enjoyed doing and, all of that unfolded with some pluses [...]

Creativity is holding diverse fragments of reality in mind while seeking a pattern that yields their union. Original writing date: June 30, 2009

Speaking is like foreplay: too short and it leaves you unsatisfied; too long, and it leaves you unfulfilled. Original writing date: May 27, 2009 What footprints do we create as we go through our lives? And how do we judge those footprints once we’re gone. Original writing date: May 27, 2009

I came across this article written by Professor Richard H. Thaler, Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. It is a rational, non-polarizing analysis of the current debate, suggesting, that at the end of the day, the debate is misfocused and that there is an actual way to [...]

Entrepreneurship: The relentless pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled. Original writing date: April 23, 2009

Janet and I were commenting the other day, that as bad as it has been suffering through this particular downturn, probably the most disappointing of all has been what the downturn does to human beings when economics are involved. I think it’s a fair statement to say that everyone is affected. I don’t know one [...]