Theresa and I watched “The Devil Wears Prada” last night. It is a movie starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, about a young woman who works for the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine. Meryl Streep plays the editor-in-chief, and portrays a “win at all costs” mentality in the work force. The character played by Meryl […]
Letter Openers is Now Available!!
Choice Anxiety
Consumer researchers have done studies in supermarkets, and learned that the more choices are available for certain products, the fewer purchases consumers make. That seems counterintuitive. I would expect that more choices would equal more purchases, but it actually works the opposite way. As consumers, we say that we want more choices, but when it […]
Art for Art’s Sake
I am releasing my second book this week. The title is “Letter Openers: More Essays about Life and Love”. (My first book, released in 2017, was “Can Openers: Essays About Life and Love”). I should share a few thoughts with you about what it is like to release a book. The first thing I should […]
Back to Reality
Back in the day when I attended a lot of concerts, there was a concert t-shirt that I liked. There was a graphic on the front with two Dancing Bears with their backs facing the viewer. The bears were looking at a concert arena in the distance. There were fireworks in the air, and confetti […]
Right or Wrong
I was having a discussion about a Certain Politician recently, and we asked ourselves, “where does his support come from?” The answer we arrived at was that his supporters supported him, “right or wrong”. Have you ever heard someone say “I support my church/synagogue, right or wrong”? Have you ever heard someone say “I support my […]
Dr. Joe
I knew a man named Joe. A very kind, mild-mannered gentleman who lived in my community. We had a lot in common. As I write this (September 2019), we were both 57 years old, married, each of us had two daughters. We both worked for pharmaceutical companies. I should mention that Joe was brilliant. He had a Ph.D. in biochemical […]
Father Less
It has been a while since I have published on this blog. There are a few reasons for that: 1) I have been writing for another blog site 2) I am finishing my second book (working title “Letter Openers: More Essays About Life and Love”) 3) My home life has been pretty busy I would […]
Book Two Cover!!!
The working cover of my next book!
The Days Between
The Grateful Dead wrote a song in 1993 called The Days Between. The song was written about a relationship that Jerry Garcia had with a woman when they were in their teens. They lost touch for 30 years or so, and then they rekindled their relationship in the early 1990s. The song is about the […]
