I recently returned from a ten day travelling and trekking trip in the mountains and deserts of Morocco. After one particularly challenging trek up a steep gorge on the edge of the Sahara desert, we encountered a nomadic family who…
My son’s fraternity had a huge problem. The University of Colorado had banned alcohol during rush parties. Fraternities use rush parties to get pledges. Alcohol makes freshman boys happy. Happy freshmen are easier to convert into pledges. More quality pledges…
Over the summer, a museum in Evanston, Indiana discovered a multi-million dollar piece of glass artwork by Picasso that had been gathering dust in their basement. It had been in storage for nearly 50 years. It makes one wonder how…
My son left for college last month and just before he left he received a text from a fraternity brother excited to see him. “I hate that guy”, my son declared, “What a poser!” A ‘poser’, for those of you…
I just read that Thompson Reuters expects S&P 500 second-quarter 2012 revenue growth to be only 2% compared with an average of 7% every quarter since 1998. Seconds later, I read how revenues for the electronic cigarette industry have now…
As I walked past the way too crowded Apple store in Santa Monica a few months ago, I was struck yet again by the amazing popularity of Apple products and had a crazy thought. Actually, a relatively ridiculous thought. Imagine…