The Great American Read is an eight-part PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. It investigates how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how we as readers are affected by these stories, and what these 100 different books have to say about … Continue reading America’s 100 Most-Loved Books; Is Yours on the List?
Not that it was likely to happen anyway, but as the picture above shows, now there's no chance of it happening. My son and I were in Bridgeport, PA today, to pick up some donuts from the famous Suzy Jo Donuts (where I used to get my donuts 50 years ago), and decided to drive … Continue reading I Guess This Means I’ll Never Give the Commencement Speech at My Grade School
Don't know who Ray Dalio is? Here's a brief bio from a related web site: Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates, an investment firm, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City in 1975. Over forty years later, Bridgewater has grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine, and … Continue reading A Primer on Ray Dalio’s Principles For Success
A few days ago I wrote about how I had just read a fascinating article by Bill Wyman (former bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones), All 214 Artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ranked From Best to Worst. I used my first post about the article to note how many of the words … Continue reading Ranking the Artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
I want to thank the Wall Street Journal for once again exposing me to a world I never knew existed. In a previous post I wrote about an article that examined the eyebrow grooming habits of men, something I did not know guys did, and something I certainly did not do (and hope to never … Continue reading Is This What Guys Really Do? (Because I Don’t)
Two thumbs for "The Mayor of Graterford", another in a series of outstanding films that have been created as part of Villanova's Social Justice Documentary class. Here is some info about the film from the Villanova web site: The Mayor of Graterford follows Tyrone Werts, a former Graterford prisoner nicknamed the “Mayor of Graterford” by other … Continue reading The Mayor of Graterford
The Wall Street Journal had an article several years ago about the widening gap between the advice given by the "older" generation and the type of advice sought by the "younger" generation! The reporter, Jeffrey Zaslow, told the following personal story: I am 51, and my 21-year-old daughter, Jordan, recently asked me to review a … Continue reading I Guess I Used Up My Lifetime Allotment a Long Time Ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In yesterday's post I whined about the fact that nearly 40 years ago I got rejected when applying to the MBA programs at Harvard and Stanford (and I even shared the rejection letters to prove it). I'm sure there were multiple reasons why the admissions committees made such decisions, but perhaps a key one was … Continue reading Maybe This Is Why I Didn’t Get into Harvard or Stanford
As part of my trip down memory lane this past weekend, I came across a lot of papers, photos, and other mementoes I had saved from 35-45 years ago. Looking at them again brought back a lot of good memories, as well as some not so good. The good ones were pictures of my wife … Continue reading Rejected! But…
It must be quote week at Borden's Blog. Yesterday I wrote about an expression I had never heard of until a few days ago (and actually there was a blog post about that same expression in my email about 10 days ago that I somehow missed). Today I attended a Villanova School of Business Research … Continue reading “Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely.”
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