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You’ll never regret saying “thank you.” 12 Dec 2011 | 06:35 pm
I looked in my pocket in search of a dollar to tip the driver. I found only a $5 bill, and thus was presented with a dilemma: do I give $5, an abnormally high tip, or do I choose to give nothing? I st...
Why are’t we there yet? 12 May 2010 | 11:29 am
It is surreal to watch the news on a nightly basis and see the oil in the gulf of Mexico make its unstoppable way to shore. Surreal because it’s all too familiar a sight. I remember walking on Santa M...
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – containers for things become containers for hope 10 Apr 2010 | 11:12 am
The Trash There are approximately 17 million TEU of containers in the world’s current shipping inventory. Twenty foot Equivalent Units are the industry standard 8′ x 8′ x 20′ steel container – a 40′ ...
Accidental food 20 Feb 2010 | 03:04 pm
The long awaited Home Show had arrived and the stress of going and setting up our booth was pressing down on all those involved. It’s at times like these that fate can find an opportunity to smile on ...
Things we always wanted… 7 Jan 2010 | 06:19 pm
Under the heading of things we always wanted, I have found one item to cross off my list. A while ago we had a rain event that culminated in a low level flood floating all the items on the floor of ou...
At the start of a new year 3 Jan 2010 | 04:46 pm
The beginning of a new year is framed by the end off the last. I started to write a new post months ago – as you can see I never posted it, not because I didn’t know what to say but rather I couldn’t...
Healthcare Transformation 30 Jul 2009 | 01:02 pm
According to The National Coalition on Health Care, in 2008, the United States will spend 17 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care. By 2017 it is projected to reach 20 percent . W...
Human Scale in the Google World 28 Apr 2009 | 01:55 pm
I recently saw a version of a presentation called Did You Know? in which the writers illustrate the exponential growth in data generation and assimilation, past, present, and future. Information on th...
Industrial food and the cost of eating well 18 Feb 2009 | 03:05 pm
Food is once again in the fore front of my mind as I’ve just finished reading “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan. This is the third book of his that I have read and when I get my hands on the othe...
Ideologies 11 Feb 2009 | 04:15 pm
Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions. – M Pollan I prepare so that I may be ready when opportunity comes. – Abe Lincol...
