I was shooting hoops earlier this evening. We had just finished off a Halloween party with the kids and parents on the block. It was great fun. The rest of the parents headed across the street from us to our friends and neighbors to roast S’mores. I stayed behind to shoot some hoops on our [...]

My Weber barbecue didn’t work. It was on high, the gas was swelling, but didn’t get above the test level of 75 degrees. Why? That was the issue. The circumstances mattered—at least to our guests. We had a whole group of people we didn’t know all that well at the house and I had a [...]

I’m not sure exactly what grade I was in. Probably the 6th or 7th grade. I was studying American history, including Teddy Roosevelt. The famous slogan, as you probably remember from your own studies, was “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” I loved that. Even at 12 or 13 years old, I loved it. [...]

I was watching a special on Edward Albee, the relatively famous still-living playwright who, among other things, brought us Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? It was some type of Tony presentation in Washington, D.C., on his life and achievements. President and Mrs. Clinton were there. Al and Tipper Gore were there. Countless dignitaries from D.C. [...]

Take a look at this article on Starbucks. Several components worth noting. First, the author discusses the relationship between the expansion strategy and the adaptations Starbucks would have to have made in order to adapt appropriately. Secondly, there is a subcurrent as to the difference between a private company and a public company when we [...]

This commentary from Jonah Goldberg of Tribune Media Services as to the current shift in the campaign since Governor Palin came on the scene offers some interesting thoughts as to the difficulty the selection of Palin is to the Democratic Party and to what it potentially is doing to Senator Obama’s strategy. Enjoy. Original writing [...]

He’s only four and half years old, but he knows it too well. Whether you are four or 40, it simply makes too much sense. He came to the table with Capri Sun juice. “This is really good, Daddy!” I said, “I’m sure it is, sweetie pie. But look outside.” “I know, I know. It’s [...]

As a lawyer, I always billed by the hour. That was my entire framework. I used to work with somebody, and simply identify, in absolute terms, whether I’d spent 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes or an hour, on whatever they were doing. In a very real sense, it was productivity by the hour. Of [...]

I saw Spartacus last night on the Disney Channel. I’m not sure why I found it so ironic. But I happened to see it about a half hour after I saw Disclosure on Cinemax. Spartacus was probably done about 35 years ago. I remember seeing it for the first time when it came out. Disclosure [...]

Oh my goodness, he started to believe his own PR. I wasn’t sure what to name this particular article. I thought about naming it “The Arrogance of Market Leaders.” I’ve had too much personal experience with the personalities behind the market leaders. It’s almost one and the same. On the one side, you have the [...]