Why the Cubs
Eighteen years ago today, the Cubs were playing Houston, and Ryan Dempster was pitching. I remember hearing the game on the radio as they were wheeling me into the operating room for a quadruple heart bypass to save my life. At least I think I heard it, or imagined hearing
Feeling Steady?
I talk to clients in the machining business almost every day. I often ask the perfunctory question, “How’s business?” and I usually get the perfunctory
Grecian Earn
I’ve probably been complicit in tax fraud. Certainly not illegally; I’ve always paid Uncle Sam every dollar he says he’s owed. Where I suspect I
Immigrants Welcome
Just got back from Spain and Scandinavia last week, traveling on business with a little bit of pleasure thrown in. During my travels it was
French Vanilla
Emanuel Macron is the new President of France. He is a political newcomer who saw an opening in a divided dispirited country of 80 million
Goodbye Columbus
I found last week’s Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS) in Columbus an exhilarating and exhausting experience. It was exhilarating because for the first time in
Machine Tool Scuttlebutt
As a dealer in used machinery I get to hear a lot of things if I ask the right questions and have the good sense