The Illusion of Control
My wife and I were having ice cream with friends in a strip mall shop. We’d been to dinner and were finishing off the evening with a couple of the 31 available flavors when the door blew open. To be fair, the man who came in with the wind might have put his hand on […]
Let’s talk about money
Money is always a popular topic. Having money may be more popular than talking about it, but since most of us don’t think we have much of the stuff we make it conversational. This is not new. In 1956 English novelist and wit Nancy Mitford edited a light collection of essays called Noblesse Oblige. The […]
Ears to Hear
This is going to come as a shock to our readers who play golf, but I’m going to put it in writing anyway. It’s for your own good. Golf balls cannot hear. So when you yell at the ball to “Bounce right!” or “Get in the hole!” your instructions are unheard by the ball. One […]
