Nanny was at the house alone last week when a big storm came through.  She was pretty sure lightning hit the house.  Electronics went crazy all over the place.  We had to turn off the power on just about everything to get it working again, but the big TV in he den did not come back on and the DSL modem would not reset.  Later I discovered that the ( Read more... )

Ok, so - some people think I'm a little wierd.  Finally, the truth revealed.  My crazy cousin sent me some old family photographs and in among them I found this . . . it expains a lot.  Toaster BoyOk - this post was probably a little wierd, but the background is this. My cousin in Michigan came into possession of my grandfather's photo albumn when ( Read more... )

Its the middle of the night and since I am not sleeping just now I thought I would write. I find myself aggitated and the reasons are not clear. I attended the wedding of the son of a close friend yesterday and found it all rather uncomfortable. I felt the aggitation builing for days and initially attributed it to the business of the past couple ( Read more... )

Each time I think I'm going to reach the breaking point, I go just a little further. Leaving home on Monday was very difficult after a grueling week before. Leaving again on Monday will be hard again after getting home later today. I'm at the point of working seven days a week, even if not the whole day on weekends. I thought this week would break ( Read more... )

It's been a really tough week for me at work. Heck, its been a tough few months. As I was rolling around in bed the past 12 or 14 hours, head aching, trying to feel human for a little while, feeling adrift, I realized how totally lost I would be without my anchor and my compass. I'll be home is a little while.

JJ

Or how about: The World, Unplugged. Andy Rooney did a piece yesterday on 60 Minutes about the price of gas and suggested that if everyone cut their gasoline consumption by 20 percent we would not have to spoil the Alaskan wildnerness. His plan is to market No Travel - Stay at Home ( Read more... )

How to think about the “lecture” yesterday? First of all, its difficult to reach people with whom you share no perspective. The kids were clueless about litigation. That should have been no surprise, but it was - kinda. When I did a radio interview a few weeks ago, my friend who was hosting the show reminded me afterward that the audience is not ( Read more... )

Opening slide for my Harvard lecture tomorrow


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I get on the airplane yesterday bound for Boston about an hour late. No worries because I'm following my new travel policy, which is a revision of the old policy. The new policy includes always, fly first class and never make a connection if you don't have to. So, the flight is non-stop to Boston, which means that we will just be an hour late ( Read more... )

News in Folsom is generally passed at the laundromat. I don't frequent the place, so I have to rely on others. Following is a report from one of the locals ( Read more... )