Writings
The Cool Kids
Because of a few things I’ve observed over the past year or so, I’ve been thinking about “the cool kids.” Even when I was in high school a hundred years ago, there were cool kids. I wasn’t much aware of it at the time. I had my friends at school
Good: Always In Style But Not Always Practiced
I was telling my friend at lunch this week about the Johnston family. I’ve been fortunate to get to know William Johnston and, to a lesser degree, his father Joe. In Gilbert, Arizona, where we live, Joe Johnston is well known. He and different partners own three restaurants in the
Long Division — And Not The Math Kind
Somewhere around second or third grade, children in school encounter division. Along with addition (which comes first), subtraction, and multiplication, it is one of the four basic math skills. For many it is the most difficult of the four, including the strange way you display it on paper. That odd
Life is not a race. Really, it isn’t.
As I left our house I said goodbye to my wife and added, “My goal is to never go anywhere in a hurry.” She thought that was a good goal. She did not say, “Who are you and what have you done with my husband?” I would have understood if
Grateful
Do you know what pants, clothes, scissors, and sunglasses all have in common? It can’t be that you wear them, because scissors would be out. The answer is that they are all plural-only nouns. So are goggles, binoculars, odds and shenanigans. They are nouns that don’t have a singular form.
Being Normal
Back in the day I worked at an athletic club in the Chicago area. The club had a lot to offer the members, from tennis and basketball to swimming and fitness. We had a well-stocked pro shop and even a small restaurant. It was a nice place. I was the
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If Chicago was a truck…
Last weekend we were having breakfast with Darlene (of banana fame) and Bob. Bob was telling me about the problems his brother has had with his new pickup truck. Turns out it wasn’t just Ron, it was that year and model of truck. In the course of the conversation, Bob
the distribution problem… and solution
Over the years I have had some very interesting conversations on airplanes. Some of those have been with friends or family, but I’m referring now only to conversations with people I’d never met. You may be the person who gets into your seat, puts on headphones (ear muff style, just
Guard your heart
One of the wisest men to ever live on this earth has some advice for us all: buy low and sell high. No, that’s not it. Perhaps you should buy low and sell high, but the actual advice I refer to is from Solomon, written to his children. He told
Trying to make sense of the world…
When Charlie Kirk was shot, another piece was added to the puzzle. What do I mean by that? I’m sure that somewhere along the way you have “worked” a jigsaw puzzle in someone else’s home. That is to say, you’ve noticed and then stood over a card table filled with
Charlie, Steve, and the kittens
Charlie Kirk’s death made news around the world for two reasons: he was a popular and internationally known public figure; and the manner of his death — assassination in the midst of a large crowd of people. The death of Steve Greiner, three days before, but at almost exactly the
What we can all learn from Cliff Drysdale
The cable sports network ESPN started on September 7, 1979. One week later, ESPN aired their very first tennis broadcast. One of the “in front of the camera” members of that team was Cliff Drysdale. If you don’t happen to watch tennis — or if you haven’t watched any tennis
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