I was so darn lucky. As a kid, I’d go to the Five and Dime, sit on a red bar stool and order a chocolate malt. Next to my huge malt glass, this beautiful waitress would sneak me the “extra” in a shiny tin container. I was so darn lucky. I’d go to Grandma Kuhl’s …
Antonio and I had a failure to communicate. He spoke Spanish and very little English. I spoke English and freshman high school Spanish. It was over 25 years ago, and Antonio came over to help me bring our untamed yard under control. He was the neighborhood expert …
Oh my goodness! There she was, cleaning out the garage, ready to throw away my heavy-hitting golf clubs. Sherry used her sympathetic voice. “You haven’t used your clubs in seven years. I’m saving your pitching wedge and putter so you can play a little putt-putt in our …
I know it’s bad – almost evil. I’ve kept this embarrassing secret for months. I can’t help myself. After a lifetime of courageously fighting the temptation, I’ve fallen prey to this loathsome habit. Many years ago, my mother, Irene, warned me of the evils of such …
Very few people have asked for my corporate advice on any aspect of business. It’s probably a good thing. I miss the mark quite often. However, experience has proved me correct on one point: Staying true to a clear, worthy mission is the most important thing I can do to be …
I just completed a sophisticated follow-up study on my last 285 blogs on aging. I will not bore you with the details of my meta-analysis or my double-blind approach. I’ll get right to the overriding conclusion. The briefer my blogs, the greater positive feedback I receive. …
It’s not like I don’t have enough to worry about this week. Yesterday, Sherry informs me I’m breathing through my mouth, and that’s all wrong. I say, “So what if I breathe through my mouth? It seems to be working for me.” She says, ”What are you going to do next? Eat …
Believe me. I’m a 34. So here’s the deal. For decades, I’ve been told to buy a belt size one inch bigger than my waist size. With my stomach sucked in, I’m a legitimate 33-inch waist with all my pants. Based on this knowledge, I just bought a 34-inch brown belt and a …
I’ve always been a risk taker. When I was a freshman in high school, I took my first commuter train ride into downtown Chicago. A friend had told me I could buy a magazine full of pictures of “pretty girls” at a drug store on State Street. There I was, at age 14, in a …
I didn’t notice it. My friends and colleagues had chosen to give me a pass. They didn’t want to hurt my feelings. Then, last week at the grocery store, a masked lady shopper asked me and my cart to move aside. We were slowing up traffic in the frozen food aisle. …