Category: Rants and Observations

A voice of reason in the darkness. Hat tip to LM for the link. Thomas Paine looks good for a guy his age.

Not a big fan of his music but Kid is right on point on this. Hat tip to my buddy Mark for telling me about this.

We had a family crisis last weekend. A Red-Alert-level crisis. We were on our first solo family camping trip in the Waterloo State Recreation Area out past Chelsea. First time camping without a big group like the cub scouts. Aside from forgetting my trusty Swiss Army knife and a lighter for my cigars we did pretty well with the packing. We had great weather – the lake temp was perfect and it had a sandy…

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What if I could show you a way to easily find, meet, and network with a few dozen out of state real estate buyers and investors?   What if I could show you a way to network with national business reporters and get exposure and possibly get slotted for interviews?   What if I could show you a way to network that is nearly effortless, but still completely effective?   Would any of that get…

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After my wife and I got out of grad school with our newly minted MBAs from the University of Southern California, we high-tailed it out of Los Angeles to the Northern California town of Burlingame. This was in May of 1992.   At that time, Burlingame was a quiet little town with a slow and somewhat decaying downtown area – you know the type – three consecutive blocks of shops, restaurants, and offices not much…

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I have thought for a long time that Star Trek is a metaphor for life. Especially for work and business. But as much as I try to explain it to my wife, I still usually get the blank stare (you know the one I’m talking about), even though I converted her into a STNG fan when we were courting way back in grad school in 1990. (She doesn’t like or get Monty Python either) I…

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