I bought a gorgeous piece of art last Saturday, a painting of an “L” Train clacking through an apartment jungle…
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Last week in Palo Alto my fiancé, Stephanie, and I went to a unique coffee shop called Philz. Philz distinguishes…
It was time to change oceans. John and Julie King, retired and fed up with California taxes and congestion, needed…
I have been struggling to write this blog for over a year now, but it is a topic I really…
I read Matthew Stewart’s long, insufferable guilt laden essay last night, “The Birth of a New Aristocracy,” which is the cover story…
Two weeks ago at the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) Tech Conference I interviewed Miles Free, the association’s Director of…
Is retirement a curse or a blessing? Obviously, there is no single answer to the question. I have answered the…
The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) Tech Conference just ended, and I had a chance to talk to many of…
I’m writing this blog in my new favorite Starbucks in Flossmoor, Illinois. All of the employees are African American women.…
I’ve always thought space travel was cool and interesting, particularly as a kid, but I seldom romanticized it like so…