Comprised of essays, musings, and meanderings, these articles will make you go Hmmm...
I walked through the city the other day on streets I have walked thousands of times. I have never stepped in a pothole or unintentionally bumped into anybody. But, I realized, I had seen so little because I had failed to look up. Look up. It’s something that you infrequently do; nobody does. We all have to look straight ahead. …
M. Scott Peck leads my list of the top fraudulet self-help gurus. This may come as a surprise to many of his devotees but let’s at least discuss the possibility. I never liked him because the first line of his famous book, The Road Less Traveled, says Life is Difficult. My mom and her friends all read this book. My …
If you’re wondering what you should do when you’re procrastinating, I might just have a quick answer for you. You see, as I write this, it is the day after St. Patrick’s day. Being part Irish, you might be able to guess why I would like to procrastinate right now after last nights’ activities. How about you? What’s your reason …
Did Hillary Clinton fail in her Presidential bids because people found her hypocritical? I wrote this piece back in 2008 when she was running against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. We all know what happened in 2008 … and then again in 2016, when we witnessed the instructive election of Donald Trump. Some people find Hillary dislikable, others disingenuous, …
The word for it currently escapes me. (I think that it will come to me within two paragraphs). But I am semi-it. I haven’t even had two sips of coffee yet and I don’t know that the brain is turned on. Although, when I was in bed, debating whether to arise, thoughts were rapid-fire but in a mellow feel good …
(Read Contacting Paulo Coelho… to learn the background of this email) Dear Paulo Coelho, In The Alchemist, you mention that “…when someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”
(click here to read part I of the story) David knew what that normal life entailed. He had lived it the past 5 years. At 28, he thought, if I go back now, that will be it. I will probably never return. And he was probably right. A traveler who returns home from his journeys always wants to travel again. …
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist I am seated in South America writing. Would I be seated here writing Contacting Paulo Coelho were it not for The Alchemist? Probably, but not certainly.
As I have been Crackle Barrel Travelin’ through the Southern States, I came across someone my many years in California nearly made me forget: The Southern Redneck. We often have a bit of fun with the notion of The Redneck, but they possess highly prized ideas which can be valuable to remember. Things like: Beer is good, even when it’s …
For many, the legacy of Steve Jobs may be the device you hold in your hand or the computer on which you are reading this right now. But the true legacy of Steve Jobs is not one of technology, but of life.
In the many accounts of the life of Steve Jobs recently written, we read articles such as how Steve Jobs changed the way we interact with music and how Steve Jobs Told Us What We Needed Before We Knew. Certainly, Steve Jobs will be remembered 100 years from now for the way he created the perfect marriage between art and technology.
My friends told me of a particular New York Craigslist post the other night that I had not seen. In the post, a “spectacularly beautiful” woman requests a man who earns greater than $500,000 a year. A man responds to her that her beauty is a “depreciating asset” while his money will continue to grow. His response garnered much attention.
This is a fashion piece. Particularly, fatherly fashion. Let nobody be confused. I am the last person who should write about fashion. If you meet me one year, and then again ten years later, you might be left with a question: Wasn’t he wearing that same shirt ten years ago? So, I have no qualifications to write this, except one: …
I first wrote the essay below in 2008. In just reviewing it now 2020, it seems almost more applicable today after our 2016 election and the upcoming 2020 election. Enjoy. Cheers, Richard “He’ll have you be a Communist before you leave this house,” Vicky’s mother said to me as I entered their house for a weekend stay in Paysandu, Uruguay. …
My friend Bob asked me the other day, “What does it mean to poke someone on Facebook?” Initially, I did not give it much thought and responded, “A poke on Facebook…it’s simply an acknowledgment.” “But,” Bob doth protested, “do you think sometimes a Poke can be much more than a poke? Do some Facebook pokes have more significance than others?”
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