It is one of life’s bitter ironies that just when you think you’re moving forward, stuff happens. In fact, I believe stuff does not happen UNTIL you feel that you are finally making progress. I think stuff sits off to the side, chuckling to itself, watching you. Then, just when you start to get all […]
What If There’s No Need To Add?
February 17, 2013 by
In my day job, I work with universes of people who have been run up against statistical models. That’s just a fancy way of saying that we take big groups of people and try to figure out who among them are more likely to buy our products. Don’t worry – I’m not going to talk […]
Silence Is Golden
February 10, 2013 by
Many people are uncomfortable with silence. I suppose I have to include myself in that group. I don’t watch television, but I usually have either music or an audio book playing on my iPod as I work at my job or putter around the house. That’s great if I’m trying to entertain myself or focus […]
You Revisited
January 22, 2013 by
This is the time of year of the resolution. This is the time when we, as a society have institutionalized a desire to change and be different. Don’t get me wrong – change is good. Change is necessary. We must try to grow into more developed people. We must work towards good habits, if some […]
Nothing Is Wasted
January 15, 2013 by
I’m feeling a trifle discouraged today. This morning I finally resigned myself to the fact that the entire middle section of the book I’ve been working on for the past year has to be dumped, and what doesn’t need to be dumped has to be revised. I say “resigned” rather than “realized” because on some […]
Hitting the Reset Button
December 30, 2012 by
I love standing on the threshold of a new year. Even though the boundary between one year and the next is completely arbitrary, I love standing at the end of the “old” and looking forward into the “new”.Today the new year has not yet arrived. It is still unsullied by footsteps. I haven’t had a […]
