I confess that I am not a huge soccer fan. I do not know all of the positions and do not understand the rules. Despite attending my kids’ games, I never really picked up on the nuances of the sport. I thought soccer involved a blob of kids kicking frantically at the ball, punctuated by orange slices afterwards.
Then I tuned into the Women’s World Cup. (more…)
My good friend, mentor and adviser, Andy passed away last week. He fought a long and courageous battle with an illness that many a lesser person would have surrendered to years ago. But it is not for his intrepid steadfastness that I will remember him. Or for his storied background as a combat pilot or competitive triathlete. Rather it is for an even rarer commodity in the modern world, his towering integrity. (more…)
Despite the recent glimmers of hope, we have been drinking from the fire hose of dreadful economic news for what seems like an eternity.
It started with those venerable financial institutions. Their unbridled greed led to hundreds of billions of tax payer dollars being gifted to these irresponsible financial institutions, who then repaid their benefactors by jacking-up interest rates on credit cards, all while preparing to pay billions of dollars in bonuses to their valued executives. Thank you, sir, may I have another? (more…)
My friend Ed passed away last week. He was 69 years old and leaves behind a beautiful family, replete with a loving wife, two fine adult children and three grandchildren. While we hadn’t spoken in a few months and have not seen each other for a couple of years, I felt his loss profoundly. At first I did not know why. Then it occurred to me. (more…)
I must admit it. I’m as guilty as anyone with my fascination for the convenience of the technology and social networking tools out there. What started with e-mail, has grown into a vast array of internet based tools that enable us to communicate, in real time with as few or as many people as we wish. (more…)
