Sun shining, blue skies and a cool, clean breeze. Making my way early Thursday morning up 62nd Street from York to Park Ave. York is about as east as you can be as a pedestrian and still be in Manhattan. 62nd at that point is just north of the Queensborough bridge. It was a great [...]
Archive for March, 2007
I am trying hard to post at least every third day with the ultimate goal of writing something everyday. It is like exercise in that I really miss it when I don not write and my energy level falls even further. I have had a bad cold for a week which last weekend kept me [...]
The setting. Tuesday. I had already been in airports or on the first of two planes for 7 1/2 hours after being on the road for 3 days. This flight was running 90 minutes late because US Air could not get a crew to fly a plane that was sitting on the ground waiting to bring me [...]
I am in the midst of watching one of my favorite movie musicals on TCM. Gene Kelly defines cool. In so many ways he portrays an average guy. Just one who can dance like a god. An American in Paris is one of my fav old movie musicals. Take Gene, a young Leslie Caron, the one [...]
Spending time with people I like is one of my favorite things to do. One never knows when — or where –you will find good company. I am in Smalltown Tennessee. There is one big business in town which is why I am here. Oh there is one more commercial enterprise, the regional NASCAR track. In [...]
Friday night my son and I connected…or in his words bonded. At least for the night. As the father of a sixteen year old I strive for moments not breakthroughs. At school grades in a couple of classes had fallen on top of last semester’s finals not going as well as expected. Nothing earth shattering but of concern [...]
Work. I have been doing similar work for 26 years. For the first 10, maybe even 15 years it was fun and exciting. At first everything was new. I learned the technical aspects of the work and how to interact with my managers ( I do consulting so I have many managers). Over time, I developed [...]
I hate losing an hour to daylight savings time. Admittedly I love the hour that gets added in the fall. But now under these new rules I lose the time sooner and have to wait much longer for that heavenly extra hour. I don’t know why my blood boils over this. I am the kind [...]
Fresh from her day on the red carpet at the Oscars–OK, technically in the stands next to the red carpet– my wife is performing on stage in Evanston , IL. If you hurry you may still be able to get tickets to one of the most enjoyable shows in any town, the Women’s Club of [...]
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