Today’s Teacher Lesson: Just Sit There…for Months
It’s the calm before the storm…and in the cozy GoNOMAD Cafe, I found a place to write here in front of the windows. I logged on to LATimes and read about the downside of teachers unions. There are 160 teachers in LA who are paid to come to school every […]
If You’re Dumb Enough to Check a Laptop, Well…
A story by Scott McCartney in yesterday’s WSJ convinced me never to ever pack anything with real value in my checked in bags. The story was about how many bags are looted and stolen from, and to make it worse, have their tags ripped off so the luggage never makes […]
Early Cruisers Loved One Thing: The Booze
I set out for the Y this morning without the book I’m reading. So I found another book on my shelf and dove in…it’s called Devils and the Deep Blue Sea: The Dreams and Schemes and Showdowns that built America’s Cruise-ship Empires. It begins by recounting the last day on […]
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"Perfection is OK, But it Leaves the Old Man with Little to Do"
Mike Kirby writes a blog called On the Loose. A few days ago he mused about downsizing into a new condo. Granite counters, shiny this and that, but what would he be missing? He hits it squarely on the head. “Perfection is okay, but it leaves the old man with […]
Join Us for a Second New Year’s Eve in Holyoke
As I’ve gotten older I’m less and less willing to go out on New Year’s Eve. Yet last year I broke with tradition and ventured out to the Wisteriahurst Museum, to join about a hundred other proud Holyokers to bring in the new year. It was a lot of fun […]
Buffett Told Them to Send a Fax, But They Didn’t
A front page story by Scott Patterson in Saturday’s WSJ detailed the scary times last fall when it seemed the economy was collapsing right in front of our eyes. Warren Buffett says ‘he looked into the abyss’ when confronted with the scene–the government bailing out big banks, and most of […]