WHEN I was 32 I worked for Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES as a network engineer. I found myself at odds with management when I was asked to install a network at a school that didn’t meet the engineering requirements. It had quickly escalated to the point…
I started playing guitar when I was 25. I had just gone through a bad breakup and was looking for something to occupy my time and mind. I bought an Ovation Balladeer which has a wooden top and a carbon fiber *bowl* for the body. I…
As people, we tend to “fall in love” with things. I know I do it all the time. The latest thing I’ve fallen in love with is guitars. You see the problem is I love them all, acoustic, electric, old, new, large, small and even guitar…
I have always been fascinated by how people interact with each other. I watch people, observe and try to understand the ins and outs of how they act and react. You could say I am a student of human behavior. Chances are you have all kinds…
There once was a frog that lived in a pond. One day a scorpion asked the frog if he could get a ride on the frog’s back to the other side of the pond. The frog said, “If I give you a ride on my back,…
When I was 32 years old I attended a series of small business seminars that were sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension. At the end, each attendee was given free counseling sessions with the presenter of their choice. This is how I met my buddy Jim and…
I was asked recently to provide some guidelines for “older” people regarding working out and fitness. Digestion AS we get older, our bodies’ ability to digest food slowly declines. Stomach acid becomes weaker and the ability to produce digestive enzymes (pancreas) decreases. In Ayurvedic tradition (which…
I came home from work today to find a box on my front porch from Amazon. I had ordered some stuff earlier this week but didn’t think it could have arrived just yet. I also have a couple of friends staying in a camper for a…
Rain can be a good thing or a bad thing. In a drought, rain is good. In a flood, rain is bad. In the Bible it says that rain falls on the just and the unjust. I have always taken that to mean that good things…
Sometimes we all need to be reminded of our worth, our value. For most of us, there is no bigger critic than ourselves. The past couple of days have been rough for me. A friend reminded me of my value as he reminded me of why…