One time, when I was in the supermarket, at the front of the line for the self-checkout, a customer and the manager had apparently been going at it, at the point where I got there, they were having the last pieces of this argument where the customer angrily turned to the manager and said, “your […]
argument, emotional intelligence, fight, grocery store, walk away
My brother Robbie was an aficionado of cigars, pens, chocolate, and many other good things. As an attorney, he had very few bad days but when one would occasionally happen, he had a saying: “On a good day, you have a little chocolate. On a bad day, you have a lot of chocolate.” I have […]
bad day, brother, chocolate
One of my favorite sayings is, “No one ever complained that something was too easy to read.” It’s a continual reminder for me when I’m writing for business, or personally, to keep things as simple as possible, not to use big words when small words would do because I want to make sure that the […]
easy, little words, quote, word, words
Once I was walking on the boardwalk in a quiet beach community, and there were a couple people on the boards – one being an old grizzled guy, on an old grizzled bike, kind of riding back and forth, occasionally saying hello to somebody. I stopped by a pole to stretch my leg, and must […]
advice, answers, boardwalk
When I was in high school, I was very happy to get into an Honors English class, and very unhappy when I got the first draft of my first paper back, and the teacher had written on it, “You have some good ideas here. Now, deep six this and start over.” I didn’t know what […]
english, english class, lesson, start over, Writing
One of my favorite movies is “The Chosen”, based on the book by Chaim Potok, and although the movie is about many things, one of the themes is the conflict between a father and son who are no longer speaking to one another. At the end of the movie, an announcer, the voice over, tells […]
chosen, effort, halfway, king
On my way to work, there is one of those little free libraries that you may have seen on people’s lawns. It’s a box on a post with a door that has a window in it, and on the shelves, people leave books and take books that they’re interested in. It’s an awesome concept and […]
book, free library, library, read, reading
Two friends were talking recently about games they like to play online that are only available once a day to play them, and they were aware that there are other versions of those games that let you play more than once a day, but they each said they choose the version where you can only […]
handle, handling impulses, impulse, impulses, impulsive
I was reading an article the other day about how to deal with a recipe when you’ve added too much salt to something. In this case, it was having added too much salt to a stew. It’s interesting that they suggested adding additional ingredients that were either sweet or savory to counterbalance the extra salt. […]
baking, cooking, recipes, salt, salty
I was driving to the office yesterday and noticed an older couple walking down the sidewalk having a conversation. He was talking and making a point using his hands, and she was kind of listening and taking it all in, and then she responded and making her own point. And they were going back and […]
conversation, convo, hands free, talking, Technology