I have heard Chic Thompson speak a few times. He is always entertaining and thought provoking. He said a few things that really stuck with me.

"Look for the second right answer!"

"Ask Why? 5 Times!"

He also said that our creativity and laughter gradually go down until we retire then it goes up again. So I […]

It is a tradition in my family on American Thanksgiving to go around the table and talk about what we are thankful for. My wife keeps track of it in a book from year to year. It is kind of "corny" but it is fun. What is most interesting is what the kids say as […]

Someday in the near future, DayJet will introduce an on-demand air taxi service that will match seats on private airplanes with your destination. And as the site says "All at a price comparable to that of an overnight stay (including airfare, hotel, and per diem)."

Different countries and cultures have different traditions. They also have different opportunities for employment and what constitues a business. The Chicago Tribune this morning published an article about how "Mourners-for-hire have a bawl so strangers get proper funeral"…apparently in Taiwan its a status symbol costing up to $30,000.

"… a thriving funeral mourning business on Taiwan–professional […]

I have always wondered how come there are A, C and D batteries but not B size?

Apparently they existed awhile ago. They were of a strange shape- longer but thinner than C batteries but really used by vacuum tube radios in the 1960’s.

I love Halloween. It is not only because we decorate the house up orange and scare our visitors with fog and recorded screams…its because on Halloween you can dress up to be anything you want. We start doing as a kid, then drop it since we are too old. But then later in college and […]