by admin | May 17, 2012 | Randomalities
In the world of marketing, communication, public relations and the web, the big buzz word these days is “story.” What is the story? How do we tell our story? Is there a story to tell? The buzz list goes on and on. Stories are hip these days. I, of course,...
by admin | May 16, 2012 | Life Lessons
Facebook is an amazing tool. Sure, it can make you absolutely batty when someone fills it full of minutia and banalities. Let’s face it, a lot of life is indeed mundane. At other times, however, it can be a crystal ball, allowing you to look at what your life...
by admin | May 15, 2012 | Defies Description
Last Tuesday was a big day for me. I hadn’t done anything like it since 1992. Back then, it felt a lot different, mostly because taking a trip back then was a little more hit and miss and I did it all took place downtown and in White Center. When I stopped doing...
by admin | May 14, 2012 | Defies Description
An amazing thing happened last week. Amazing only in that it is so late in coming. It seems that the Associated Press finally apologized to one of its long dead reporters. It only took them 77 years to admit they were wrong. If you didn’t see the story, let me...
by admin | May 11, 2012 | Life Lessons
I have always had an odd idea about friends, I guess. I suppose I’m a bit of a Pollyanna about the whole friends thing. And don’t get me wrong, I have had some great friends, some who are still my friends all these years later. Maybe they are to blame for...
by admin | May 10, 2012 | Defies Description
Throughout my life, I have had a passion for inventing. That’s the good news. The bad news is I suck at engineering and manufacturing, so most of my brilliant ideas continue to swim around in my mind and not in the real world. Others have found their way into...
by admin | May 9, 2012 | Randomalities
I have a confession to make. While I love to read, I don’t read fiction. Over the span of my lifetime, I have perhaps read less than 50 books that were fiction. I managed to make it through The Old Man and the Sea but never could mount an assault on any one of...
by admin | May 8, 2012 | Pirate Adventures
I can’t really write about my first two marriages and ignore the last one. It was epic in all respects, much like the Pirates of the Caribbean movies that defined the various stages of our relationship. I met Diablo during the release party of Pirates of the...
by admin | May 7, 2012 | Defies Description
I don’t like rivers much. Not because one of them drowned my brother, mind you. Rather, it’s because I’ve been sold down a few of them over the years. O.K., so I don’t like being sold down the river. It’s not fun. I don’t think...
by admin | May 4, 2012 | Life Lessons
My son lives in Manassas, Virginia. If you don’t know its place in history, it was where the Battle of Bull Run was fought between the North and the South. It was the first battle of the Civil War. The South won that battle and if they hadn’t have been...
