It’s funny, isn’t it, how some places keep showing up in your life at interesting times? One such place for me is Thorek Hospital, a small urban hospital in the near north Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Lakeview is a very diverse, very interesting, area that has seen, and will someday see, better days. I first … Continue reading There are places I’ll remember, all my life… Part 1 →

It’s interesting, I think, how a life course can take significant twists and turns based on chance meetings or seemingly small decisions made along the way? To wit: After graduating from State University of New York at Binghamton, or SUNY Binghamton (now called more simply and sanely Binghamton University), I landed a job at Dun … Continue reading Birth of a Salesman →

Last week I intended to provide you an update on several topics, but my discussion on how I came to use the terms “Cats & Dogs” for miscellaneous topics took a detour and I ran out of room. So here, without further embellishment, is my first blog edition of Cats & Dogs! UBER I stopped … Continue reading Cats & Dogs…really →

Some time during the middle of my career I worked for a wonderful man named Tom L. He was smart, a great communicator, and one of the most principled men I would meet. Two events stand out for me. The first was in 1995 when I was a District Sales Manager in Chicago and was … Continue reading Cats & Dogs →

Last week I told you that I was a bad gambler. But I’m not really sure whether I’m truly bad at gambling, or the threat of loss outweighs my enjoyment of the possibility of winning. If only I could find a game where I knew the odds were in my favor! Well, actually, there is … Continue reading Gambling Man – Part 2 →

My friend Frank: “Hey, Frank give me $20”. Me: “Why?” “I want to put it on 27.” “C’mon, we are late meeting the guys and we haven’t even checked in.” “I know, just give me 20 bucks. I’ll pay you back. I only have hundreds.” “We’re late and you’d just be throwing away 20 dollars … Continue reading Gambling Man – Part 1 →