I’ll admit it, I have never been a fan of Texas. There’s a lot of baggage there for me; Oil, JFK, Bush, free use of the death penalty. But I’m softening my position on Texas. Why? I attended a conference there for four days last week and I couldn’t say where I was ever treated [...]
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Secrets to Using the Moleskine® Notebook
October 18, 2008
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For over eight years now, the Moleskine notebook has been my preferred way to take notes, record thoughts and track my to do’s in the analog world. I always go for the black, 8×5 size with rule. It has so many cool things going for it. It’s compact, easy to carry, has a ribbon marker [...]
Read moreGolf, Tiger and Father’s Day
June 14, 2008
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The U.S. Open golf tournament and Father’s Day seem to always intersect. Growing up, I used to watch the last day of the tournament with my father on his day. Now it’s my day, and I was gearing up for tomorrow’s BBQ with friends and my family when I decided to flip on the plasma [...]
Read moreIndy Cars and Super Modifieds
June 2, 2008
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Watching this year’s Indy 500 took me back to my childhood. I grew up within ear shot of a high-banked, dirt oval race track. Every Sunday night during the summer, my dad took me to the races. I had an uncle that raced for a few years and traveled the midwest circuit. He was forced into [...]
Read moreBaseball Memories Can’t Be Demolished
May 18, 2008
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One of the things they don’t tell you about getting older is much of the structural part of the world you experienced in your youth will be demolished before your very eyes. Movie theaters, bars, bowling alleys, stores, schools, sometimes even the residences where you once lived. This change is most obvious when you leave [...]
Read moreHomage to Comet
May 8, 2008
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This one’s personal. If you have pets you know how attached you can get to them. They become part of your family. You love them and they drive you crazy at the same time. Yesterday we lost a beloved member of our family, Comet the cat. He was pretty amazing. A beautiful, majestic, nearly perfect [...]
Read moreDouble Fracture of the Left Ankle
November 30, 2007
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I don’t frequently write posts of a personal nature, but this event seems to warrant one. The Friday after Thanksgiving I was walking from house to garage and somehow I overshot the second step. All my weight came down on my ankle which was now turned 90 degrees from top dead center. The result was [...]
Read moreA Brave New World (for me)
October 13, 2007
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I attended the Forrester Research Consumer Forum here in Chicago over the last two days. The entire event was a study in social computing. It made me feel a bit inadequate because I didn’t have a facebook profile, nor had I started a blog. I have written customer reviews and played the role as a [...]
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