Left Behind
A larger than life, group is away at a cabin for the weekend. It’s a family wedding and a wonderful occasion to get together. In the middle of all the fun and festivities, we are very thankful for the items Read More …
Category: general
Top Ten
Today, I sat in a marketing seminar that sounded awfully familiar to me…maybe it was not to everyone in the room. I am guessing, however, that even if you are not a marketing guru these top ten phrases will probably Read More …
Can’t Fool Kids
When you can’t fool kids, you have a serious problem. Kids are generally more gullible than adults. They’re less experienced because they just haven’t been exposed to as much as their parents and elders… The adults at our table today Read More …
General Store
The notion of the general store has kind of passed by unless you’re reading a historical novel or watching a western. Or, has it? Maybe my view is skewed as a suburbanite. I live within 25 miles of a city Read More …
Collective Experience
Both education and business rely in the collective experience of others to be successful. In education it is learning and reinterpreting concepts, following experiments, proofs and research – constantly building upon those who went before us. It is refined, corrected Read More …
Paying The Rent
in most cases, it isn’t a true labor of love. There are things you have to do in order to have the funds for things you need, including things like food, utilities and paying the rent (so to speak.) If Read More …
On Call
I would always recommend people, whether they own a business or a home, to have people on call who are specialists. You never know what you are going to need or when you need it. Heating (more so than cooling Read More …
Found Roadside
There are so many things that could be found roadside. A billboard. Name any brand – it could be there. The digital ones are cool, aren’t they? Guess what? Not cheaper to rent. (You would think they would but, nope. Read More …
Traffic
Some pay for traffic. It is a desirable outcome. Others pay to avoid it. Toll roads should not have any…isn’t that the reason you use a toll road rather than the highway (isn’t that why they call it the freeway)? Read More …
Follow Through
Tonight was the first night of the Summer Stock shows. We just got home… Les Miserables is a long production and the kids were outstanding. Everything that the cast, the directors, the program managers, set designers and the boosters did Read More …