Over the past couple of weeks, I had the pleasure of celebrating the birthdays of both of my sons. While there is an age gap of several years between them, they both were born weeks apart in the month of June. I can honestly say there has been no more [...]
Recently, through social media, I discovered that my first home which I bought in college was put up for sale. It was fun to look at pictures and see how it had changed since I sold it over a decade ago. I was also amazed to see it had a [...]
There is a scene in one of my favorite movies, A League of their Own, when Tom Hanks expresses his love of baseball and explains that the difficulty of playing the sport is what makes it great. As he is speaking to his teammate, he clearly knows he is making [...]
Over the past few years of writing these columns I have written multiple times on the need to protect yourself from scammers. Generally speaking, these articles have related to people seeking to obtain access to your identity or financial information to do you harm. However, there is another place con-artists [...]
Will they or won’t they? That is the question I have been asking myself as I continue to watch feuding tech moguls, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg tease a pay-per-view cage fight between them. mark-zuckerberg-cage-fight-vs-elon-musk Considering the significant public interest in this, I have no doubt it would be one [...]
While I myself am not a huge soccer fan, I know many of you out there are. With the Women’s World Cup semi-finals happening as we speak, I’m sure some of you are getting up early or staying up late to watch all of the action live. Womens Soccer World [...]
Monday was our national holiday dedicated to remember and honor those who have given their very lives on our behalf. In recent years, we have perhaps also spent more personal attention to memories of our non-military ancestors with regard to the legacy which they gave to us. That seems appropriate [...]
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the potential dangers posed to US white collar jobs as technological advances continue to make it easier to outsource these jobs to countries where labor is significantly cheaper. While I do believe those dangers are real, another potential threat to our labor [...]
The holidays are my very favorite time of year. From the moment I wake up Thanksgiving morning and start preparing that afternoon’s feast, to the stroke of midnight on Dec 31st when we welcome a new year, the entire season is filled with excitement, tradition and fun. Like everything else [...]
Last night the Mega Millions drawing worth an approximate 1.6 billion (yes billion with a B) was held. I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the subject and thought it would make an excellent article topic. Like in many other workplaces, what we would do if we won, has been [...]
