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L.A. – What I Miss and What I Don’t
A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure of going to Chuck Skyco’s surprise 50th birthday bash in Manhattan Beach, California. Ahh, a January drive from Vegas to L.A. and back. Just what Laura and I needed! Naturally, while … Continue reading
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Keeping First Things First
Keeping “first things first” isn’t always easy. At least not for me. Am I too easily distracted? Am I not disciplined enough? It’s these kind of questions that can send me into unwelcome, unproductive tail spins sometimes for days or … Continue reading
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Chicago – Mackinac 2011
Mercedes and Chuck’s wedding on Mackinac Island in upper Michigan provided a great excuse to add a pre-week-end in Chicago and enjoy the drive up and down the pastoral state of Michigan. Still trying to put it all in perspective. … Continue reading
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The Trop’s Back on Top!
The newly remodeled Tropicana Resort in Las Vegas is my new favorite spot on the Las Vegas Strip. I recently got a behind the scenes tour of the property and wrote this piece for Las Vegas Getaways about it >>> … Continue reading
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This Year’s Grape Expectations
Yesterday afternoon Laura and I bottled our 2010 wine at local wine making school, Grape Expectations. Dave Lucchese’s Group, of which we were a part, had a total of eight (8) barrels of wine this year. Total yield was somewhere … Continue reading
Pain Mis-management
As a long-time believer in self diagnosis of my overall operating systems, I am very grateful to be emerging from a most unpleasant, quivering delirium thanks to my new best friends since yesterday, gabapentin, aceyclovir and vicoden. After one of … Continue reading
Inside Job – How to Order
Want to order a copy of Charles Ferguson’s “Inside Job” but finding it difficult? Well, for now Amazon.com is taking pre-orders. Paul Revere would be proud of you for being a True American if you ordered a copy, listened and … Continue reading
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“hiybbprqag” Forever!
Think someone is stealing your ideas? Imbed the word “hiybbprqag” in the properties of your filename, direct your in-house legal counsel to track and pursue, then sit back and watch the revelation go away. It’s cyber-Haliburton!
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Inspirational Quotes by Lou Holtz
I met Lou Holtz at the CCH annual meeting in 2005 and had a football tossed to me for Outstanding Performance which he signed later. He was a very inspirational man who transcended motivational sports talk to a higher level … Continue reading