Archie, Harold & Sam

Archie Bunker was the lead character from the 70’s sitcom, All in the Family. In lengthy discussions with his wife, Edith, he frequently resorted to the epithet, “Get to the Point, Edith!”  Wouldn’t it be heaven to have a red flashing light “Get to the Point!” with a switch by every seat in the conference room?  No better way to tell the blowhards, the detail fanatics, and the self- appointed

It’s Just Draperies

“When you look good, you feel good Johnny! And you look marvelous!” — Billy Crystal as “Fernando”

“When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you’re wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.” — Maria Sharapova

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Noblesse Oblige

(The Obligations of Nobility)

If not Me, Who?
If not Here, Where?
If not Now, When?
Hillel’s Challenge

On a high hill, in a stone castle with his wife, lived a wealthy nobleman. In the castle’s great bedchamber were two strong boxes, bound in iron

The Feeling in the Room

One moment our bodies are healthy and vibrant and the next… well not so much.  I found myself in one of those “not so much” moments, where I experienced life more through my senses and a little less through my intellect.  What I noticed is how the room changed when various people entered or departed…

Better

Servant of the Boat

“She’s as integral to the boat as the rowers are; they can’t do it without her.”
– Tom Terhaar
Head Coach, US Women’s Olympic Rowing Team
(1969 – )

“King of the Hill?” or “Servant of the Enterprise?”

At the 2012 London Olympics, the USA Women’s