A grocery store in Scotland is giving its customers a choice when they checkout, and it's not 'paper or plastic'. Tesco, a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, has instituted a "relaxed checkout" lane on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at its store in Forres, a town about 40 kilometers east of Inverness, Tesco, working with Alzheimer … Continue reading ‘Slow Down, You’re Moving Too Fast’, or ‘Life in the Fast Lane’? →

Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) raised approximately $4 million. This past weekend it raised $24 million. That's right. In one weekend the ACLU raised six times the amount that it typically raises in a good year. What was behind the jump in donations? President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven … Continue reading The Power of Twitter →

Talk about milking something for all it's worth. Dieter Meier, a 71-year old musician from Switzerland, and Boris Blank, his partner in the band Yello, are the creators of the iconic song "Oh, Yeah" that made its debut in the classic 1986 film, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSjS-iCPeW8&t=58s Since that debut, according to an article … Continue reading One Song, Two Words, and $175 Million →

This is a story about one of the world's most iconic, and profitable, companies. And while the company certainly has a mind for business, it seems it has no heart. Jim Dwyer had an article in The New York Times today about a man, Ryan Matzner, who came across a trash bag outside a big Nike … Continue reading This Is One of the Most Upsetting News Stories I’ve Read in Quite Some Time →

We live within a four-minute drive of the local hospital, which also has a large medical office building attached to it. I drive past these buildings several times a week, usually on the way to the gym or Dunkin' Donuts, and I often try to look at the faces of the people walking by and … Continue reading I Wonder What Their Story Is →

One million dollars per year. For an assistant football coach. In college. In a memo released today, assistants at University of Michigan set a new standard for college football coach salaries, with three -- offensive coordinator Tim Drevno, defensive coordinator Don Brown, and passing game coordinator and assistant head coach Pep Hamilton -- each making $1 … Continue reading Is a Person’s Salary Always Justified? →

It's one of my all-time favorite songs, Sugar, Sugar, by the Archies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o&t=7s And one of my favorite TV shows growing up. I remember many a Saturday morning eating a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats and watching The Archie Show, which debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season. A total of 17 … Continue reading Sugar ba ba ba ba ba ba Ahh Honey Honey →

I had the dream again last night. I was on vacation with my wife and youngest son, and we had decided to go on a group tour of a local beach (in hindsight, not really sure why you would go on a group tour of a beach) and somehow I got separated from the group … Continue reading Please Make These Nightmares Go Away →