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Apparently I’ve got my curmudgeon on today. But it’s not my fault. The blame goes to the new switch on the kitchen fan. I turned off the ceiling fan in the kitchen yesterday afternoon. But it came on again. I turned it off again. Th…
Okay, so let me set this up by saying that I grew up in a Jewish/Italian family. That’s right, we were called “Jew-Wops” growing up and quite frankly I always took it as a compliment because it meant two different December holida…
I’m arrogant, always thinking I know the answer and quick to let it roll off my lips or my fingers without taking a moment to reconsider. That knowing is a habit. Even when I don’t know, I know I know because my knowing is rhetorical, a figure of s…
In the year before I turned 60, I had a hard time accepting the new decade I was about to enter. While I was in my 50s, I could still consider myself middle aged. But at 60, I believed that would change. I didn’t feel it, and people who were nice woul…
In every relationship, there are different types and levels of attraction. In a perfect world, it would be wonderful to find a partner who satisfies all levels and types of attraction. Surprisingly, living in a perfect world, when it comes…
Jerry starts the day feeling good, works out a little, has a great breakfast, and kisses his wife before leaving for work. He remembers while he is driving that his last mortgage payment will come in just two months, and that makes him even hap…
We’ve all heard it, and we’ve probably all done it from time to time! Everyone from obese older men to beautiful supermodels, and even their doggies—they all can snore. Sometimes it’s soft, rhythmic, and dare I say cute. For a while. Then the…
I read an article in The New Yorker called Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging by Arthur Krystal. The writer is a 71-year-old New York culture critic, who seems to want to put the worst face on aging that he possibly can.…
No brand, no matter how good the products, services, or messaging it represents, can ultimately succeed in the absence of good management leadership. Two primary schools of thought about leaders seem to prevail. One is that leaders are bo…
Boomer kids may have considered snack food essential fuel, but the 1960 edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary classified it as “junk food.” This broad categorization could include candy, cookies, chewing gum, potato chips, ice cre…
For the most part, I think we all love one or another competitive sport: the exhilaration, the challenge, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. We can’t seem to live without it. While most of us don’t engage regularly in…
We’ve reached that point in the NFL season when everything you thought starts to change and then sometimes changes back again. Sure, it is hard to ignore the undefeated. We’ve got the return of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 5-0 with a rejuvenate…
If you’re looking for a player to pull for on the PGA Tour this season, nothing will tug the heartstrings like the story of Camilo Villegas. For longtime followers of the Tour it’s almost hard to believe Villegas is 38. The ‘Spider Man,’ so dub…
The following is an excerpt from a series of interviews I conducted with people who gave everything they had to their creative passions. In spite of attaining various levels of success, they aren’t household names, don’t reg…
Back in 1989, my family took a vacation to Hollywood to see the glitz and glamour for ourselves. We were like a New England version of the Griswolds, and we figured Hollywood would be an exciting tourist destination like our prior vacation to…
Over the past several years, I’ve had the following exciting, sometimes scary, often challenging, but ultimately exhilarating adventures: Whitewater rafting in Nepal on class IV and V rivers. Summiting a peak in British Columbia, the…
When I think of Montana, I can’t help but think back to an incredible fly fishing trip I took to the state a long time ago. Even though it’s been over thirty years since my dad, uncle, and several cousins met up to partake in some of the world’s fin…
During our stay at the Parador Resort in Costa Rica, we learned a great deal about their commitment to the surrounding area, not only environmentally but also as a member of their community. In addition to being a leader in sust…
When times are tough, or you’re raising a family, or you’re living off a fixed retirement income, it is hard to rationalize “giving” money to a charity, no matter how noble the cause. And yet, if we reflect on what w…
