Up in the air
I spoke at the Meadowdale Branch Library in Chesterfield County last night about All the Money in the World. The organizers were wonderful, doing an …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
September in Saugatuck
I had a fun confluence of events this past weekend that had me back in the Midwest. I was invited to speak in Chicago at …Read More
Scaling up me
I've been thinking a lot lately about what computers can do. I've also been thinking about a quote, paraphrased from Ambassador Frank Baxter (who now …Read More
Work shift
When I had trouble falling asleep the other night -- knowing I'd have to get up at 5:20 a.m. to make my 6:30 a.m. train …Read More
Juggle multiple projects — without dropping the ball
I’m staring down a few deadlines for rather large projects. I took 3 weeks off from work between late July and Labor Day, and while …Read More
The exhaustion of doing nothing
I’ve been writing a lot lately about weekend time management. I know that sounds like an oxymoron -- weekends are the time we don’t have …Read More
There’s nothing frugal about a $10 bag of chocolate chips
I spent last Friday injecting some cash into the local economy. It had been several months since we went to Costco and the pantry was …Read More
Off to kindergarten!
I just loaded my 5-year-old onto the bus for kindergarten. I took him yesterday to orientation, and met his teacher and now today he is …Read More
The presidency and the daddy-track
In the run-up to the Democratic party convention this week, I’ve seen a number of profiles of President Barack Obama. Some are fawning, some a …Read More
Wringing every last drop from summer
I hadn’t been planning to do anything special for Labor Day weekend. We spent the last weekend of July at the beach, and I took …Read More