Category Archives: Personal

It’s all about Me.

Back From The Edge

It’s been a long, painful couple of years on many levels. “Muzzled” by fate is an understatement. That ended semi-officially on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. More on that later.

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Diamonds in the Rough – Quotations from Papa Smurf

Who needs fancy platitudes? Here’s the first in an on-going series of life observations by my whack friend Rusty Diamond, or, as we who faced Class VI whitewater with him and survived call him – Papa Smurf. “At any given … Continue reading

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Networking for Good

OK, I’m hooked. I’ve never been a fan of those “update your contact information” programs, but I am totally taken with LinkedIn. LinkedIn is an online network of more than 14 million people from around the world, representing 150 industries. … Continue reading

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Killing Time

2006 will go down in my personal history book as a year of death, destruction, betrayal, disillusionment, emotional wreckage, soul-scarring of great depth and life-altering experiences that have changed me forever. And there were some bad times, too. But I’m … Continue reading

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Life of the Father

My father has died. Four words you know you’ll say someday, but when they finally do come out of your mouth, it’s like watching from a great distance as the words hang in the air like smoke. A complicated man … Continue reading

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Words to Live By: My Ethical Curtiledge

We all have our compass. I wrap my framework with the words of friends and those whom I admire. A brief sampling: Don’t be so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance. Noble is man Rich is the earth Where there is … Continue reading

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I Could be Moses if I had a Larger Staff

Watch this space. As soon as I get my suddenly out-of-control life into some semblance of order, I will be adding my voice to the cacophony of observers vying to get their personal dish listed on the world’s menu.

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