I may be a bit biased, but I don’t understand why the Coton de Tulear dog breed isn’t more popular. If I were to make a list of all the qualities that make up the perfect dog, the Coton de Tulear would be at the top of the list. Yes, of course I have a…
Month: March 2022
Corporate suites turn sour
The second quarter was a tumultuous one for Lehman Brothers and Wachovia Corp., two of the nation’s top financial institutions. Continuing a recent pattern of financial services firms firing their CEOs, Wachovia’s board has asked CEO G. Kennedy Thompson to retire. As of press time, Lehman Brothers CEO Richard S. Fuld, Jr. had avoided the…
How to use NLP to motivate yourself to run a marathon
My brother and I recently completed a 20 mile run in the heart of the English countryside at Bramley, between Reading and Basingstoke. We finished the race well before the time suggested by the required training program and were delighted with the result. I posted the result on Facebook and shared some photos of me…
Five current players who could soon join Trammell and Chipper as one-team Hall of Famers
With six new players enshrined in Cooperstown over the weekend, many baseball broadcasts have included discussions of current members and potential future members. During one game in particular, an analyst praised the fact that two of the new Hall of Famers spent their entire careers with one team. He was referring, of course, to Atlanta…
Cuban Connectivity
Slow dial-up access is $4.50 an hour at government-licensed locations, but you can’t use your laptop. It goes up to $10 an hour for high-speed in five-star hotels where there’s no actual workspace and people have to balance their computers precariously on their knees. But you can submit documents for printed materials for 50 cents…
An Unusual Parallel Universe – Looking at Star Wars from a Different Point of View
Star Wars is hands down (to me that is) the best sci-fi space exploration movie series to come out of Hollywood. But hey, it’s just me. Sure there are other suitors in the same genre, albeit with different storylines like Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (which, by the way, has its own crazed fans), Buck Rogers…
Christmas Fun Facts – The Story of the Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread has been around for a long time, but the recipes used to make it have changed considerably over the years. Initially, gingerbread was made with breadcrumbs, ginger, and a sweetener, such as honey. People discovered that ginger has preservative properties and used it accordingly. The gingerbread recipe changed, and by the 15th century (1400),…
Do you want to know the real cost of starting an online business?
Do you know that starting an online business can be less expensive in the long run than starting a traditional business? What do you think? Okay, keep reading. Before I started my sweet journey into internet marketing business in the year 2000, I had in my mind that the cost of starting an online business…
Ideas for your new outdoor kitchen
One of the newest and most pleasant spaces in a home can be an outdoor kitchen. Families always seem to be divided during barbecues; some cooking inside and others socializing or grilling outside. With an outdoor kitchen, families can cook together and grillers don’t have to keep going in and out of the house for…
The Breville Kitchen Appliance Company: A Brief History
The Breville Radio company was established in Australia in 1932 and originally only produced radios. The name, Breville, was a combination of the surnames of the co-founders, Bill O’Brien and Harry Norville. During World War II, the company aided the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors. After the war, the radio business continued until one…