"By now you’ve heard it." That was how the story began, and of course it wasn't true. As I noted in an earlier blog post, sometimes I'm a little behind the times in terms of what's "hip" on the music scene. In that post I shared how I had never heard of the hit song … Continue reading “Slowly” Catching-up with Pop Culture Once Again →

My wife and I were at the funeral today for Chuck, the brother of a good friend of ours. Chuck had served in the U.S. Marines, and as part of the funeral service, two Marines came in and saluted the deceased and then proceeded to unfold the U.S. flag. Once it was unfolded, the two … Continue reading Is There a More Haunting Song Than This? →

I thought I'd share some of the recent comments I've received on my blog, perhaps reading what others have to say may encourage you to post a comment or two. While I fully realize these comments are all spam, crated by spam bots, for who knows what purpose, I'll admit it is somewhat gratifying reading … Continue reading Who Needs Fake News When You’ve Got Fake Comments →

Seth Godin had a short and sweet blog post today about taking responsibility. Seth uses a baseball analogy, that of calling for a fly ball. When two players are both in a position to make the catch, Seth notes that a player will yell "I got it!", as a way of taking responsibility for making … Continue reading “I Got It! I Got It!” →

Time Well Spent, a company focused on stopping technology platforms from hijacking our minds and our best interests first, teamed up with Moment, an app that tracks how much time you spend on your phone, to study the impact of using smartphone apps on our moods. Time Well Spent asked 200,000 users to rate apps after … Continue reading If You Want to be Happy, Choose Your Apps Carefully →

It was our oldest son's (James) birthday, and since he's been working in Cleveland for a while, we thought Pittsburgh would be a good place for all of us to meet for the weekend. James had never been to Pittsburgh, and my wife had not been there since I graduated from Carnegie-Mellon in 1981. I've … Continue reading Hey Pittsburgh, You’ve Changed in the Past 35 Years →

"If you look at all of the really successful artists, they're all loners. To get to where they are, they had to sacrifice everything, and they just practice all day, every day." That was part of a conversation I still remember from college, 40 years ago. A friend and I were talking about what it … Continue reading Can You Live a “Balanced” Life and Still Achieve Greatness? →

Early on at the beginning of each semester I set aside a day for what I call The Name Game. The "Game" requires each student to come to the front of the room, introduce themselves, and then use a prop or some way to help us remember their name. (Admittedly I stole the idea from … Continue reading What’s In a Name? →