I just received my Mom’s annual Christmas letter in the mail today. This has been a tradition with her for, wow, I’m not sure how long – at least the last 20-25 years, and perhaps longer. As I was reading it, catching up on the familiar and unfamiliar news in her life, I was struck…

You know, I could be worse things, I suppose. 🙂 Your results:You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 65% Iron Man 65% Robin 60% The Flash 55% Superman 55% Catwoman 50% Supergirl 50% Hulk 45% Green Lantern 35% Wonder Woman 30% Batman 30% You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility. Click here…

Let me preface the following by saying that I used to worry that my sense of humor was horribly inappropriate. When I encounter what should be a somber and contemplative occasion, the little demonic comedian on my shoulder wakes up and starts poking around for a good joke. In the past this has resulted in…

I took one of those personality tests once. You know, answer a bunch of questions and it magically distills out your entire personality, all 100 billion neurons of it, into four simple letters or numbers or colors or chocolate covered jujubees. And with this wonderful metric, you can finally know what exactly is wrong with…

Last week I visited the World Trade Center site. I was in New York on business for a week and of all the things to see and do, this was the only one I felt was really important. It is impossible to be an American in this day and age, and not have an opinion…