Bernie Sahlins died over the weekend at 90. He was co-founder of Second City, Chicago’s famous comedy club, and is…
Year: 2013
Father’s Day is coming up June 16, but what if you don’t have a Father to connect with anymore? My…
1) I find the trend of women and men choosing to produce and raise children without a partner to be…
Every month I get an emailed catalog from DelMonico Hatter, promoting their stylish hats — Borsalino, Stetson, Kangol — the…
This is an unpaid, unprompted shout-out to the Precision Machined Products Association’s (PMPA) Listserve. Every day, members jump on the…
I’ve closely studied two recent auctions of screw machines and ancillary equipment – Anderson Fittings in Chicago and MTTM in…
Tim Haendle was pleased with himself when I talked to him Wednesday. He had bought 100 carbide inserts – used…
I love the used machinery business because it is a competitive treasure hunt every day. It asks us for impossible…
So many nights I go home discouraged and numb, with the sickening feeling that I accomplished nothing and wasted my…
Sometimes the line written for a laugh rings true as a bell. The most recent Dos Equis beer ad ends…