And Still Counting

My wife and I got married over the Memorial Day weekend in 1983. On our first anniversary, I was about to head to Air Force Officer Training School (OTS) and we were to be apart for the summer. A good friend lent us her apartment for the Memorial Day weekend so we could have some [...]

It’s Just Where You Put the Zeroes

For several years, I’ve been a part of a group of business owners who meet regularly to discuss our business, personal, and family issues. We started as a forum group of Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization and later went renegade as a non-affiliated group. This weekend, we’re in New York city with a couple of other groups. [...]

Hope Lives On

The other day, I went to pick up my youngest son at a friend’s house. As the car approached the house, I saw someone on the front porch that I initially thought was my son, but I realized it couldn’t be because this kid had a mohawk. Oh yes, it was my son. It seems [...]

Attitude Change

This is the end of Sylvester’s second week working at Port-to-Port Consulting. We hired him because it was clear to Rob and me that our progress as a computer support company in Indianapolis was going to hinge on getting someone who is truly good at managing people. We had tried this a couple of times [...]

Changing Things Up

My wife and I subscribe to the Indiana Repertory Theater season most years. Since both of us work downtown where the theater is located, we select a weeknight performance and go out to dinner before each play. As we discussed dinner plans for last night’s excellent performance of Iron Kisses, it became apparent to both of [...]