Please, stand by

Remember the 70′s? Television was still in it’s adolescence. We did not have VCR’s, DVR’s, or Direct TV. We had 3 to 5 channels, and the TV Guide. When you had a show you really wanted to watch, the anticipation was almost palpable. Then, those fateful words would be heard: “We are temporarily experiencing technical [...]

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Antiquated

You can tell a lot about a hotel by how it is “equipped”. How was my lodging on this trip? Pretty nice, to be honest. The place my colleagues and I stayed was a small Inn located in a quaint Silicon Valley hamlet not far from our “secret” meeting locale. Aside from there being no [...]

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Hello, it’s Mr. Nasty

I’m home sick today. Not fun, to say the least. You wake up, stumble around wondering how to go about your day, and then it happens. You hit your knees. Bowing, yes, but not in prayer. Offering sacrifices to the porcelain throne is more like it. Hours of sleep, sweating, and bad hair. The protein [...]

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Three guys, a girl, and a quiche place

1984: it was a book by author George Orwell, and as the 70′s raced toward the 80′s, everyone speculated on what the real 1984 would be like. And it was a book about an all seeing character called “Big Brother”, and BB was not a very nice person, apparently. So what did actually happen in [...]

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Yellow(ed) pages

Have you ever had one of those days?    If you will allow, let me tell you about part of mine.   I believe Albert Einstein was once quoted to say “God is subtle“.     That’s a little how today feels. I opened the door this Sunday morning to find a new copy of “the Yellow Pages” sitting [...]

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Close Ranks; Fall Back.

There is a great scene, one of many, from the classic John Wayne 1960′s era movie, “The Alamo“; “The Raid for Cattle”. Historically inaccurate, to a degree only Hollywood can deliver, it made for good drama in the middle of an already great movie. It seems our heros were running out of food in the [...]

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Kid free weekend: Opening Pandora’s box

  A good friend and newly minted father of an adorable daughter posted the following on Facebook Friday evening: “Left the kid at home tonight with her grandparents and went on a one hour date. It’s funny how it only took two weeks to make something we’ve been doing for over 12 years seem really [...]

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The Hourglass of Life: Leaders Develop Daily, Not in a Day

The following is a repost of excerpts from a recent article on John Maxwell’s leadership page. The hourglass/egg timer in the picture belonged to my grandmother and is proudly placed at the front of my desk to remind us all that time is fleeting. By John C. Maxwell A group of American tourists walked through [...]

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Are you a playa? Appearances can be deceiving. Go deeper.

I’m likely going to have to apologize to a small army of folks for this one, but here goes.     As referenced earlier, this weekend featured a long overdue catchup visit with an old college buddy, and as you can guess, the photo album came out and the memories ran deep. The picture here on the left [...]

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Accentuate the Positive.

Great old movie tune that will have you singing today.    If you don’t know it, find it on YouTube or iTunes… You’ve got to accentuate the positive  Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum [...]

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