It really started innocently. We were with friends at our local coffeehouse and Diane asked, “Did you see that funny light over the dunes last night?” And faster than you can say “Beam me up, Scotty,” a fella with a … Continue reading
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If you visit Victoria, British Columbia — as Deb and I did earlier this month — there are two things just about everybody agrees you gotta do. The first one is afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel. Well, we enjoyed … Continue reading
Deb and I went to a very très chic shindig last night. Lots of Santa Barbara winemakers were there. My sister and her husband drove up from Camarillo. I was shoveling down some very tasty rumaki when I realized I … Continue reading
When we popped out of the Wawona Tunnel and into the Yosemite Valley last Thursday morning, I let out a girlish little squeal. Embarrassing for sure. But I had a good reason. All the waterfalls were gushing — probably tens … Continue reading
You know what drives me bugnutz? People who say, “If I’d only known then what I know now.” First of all, if you’d known then what you know now, you’d probably still have ignored all the useful advice, listened to … Continue reading
“Most freelancers I know … are people who had good jobs, good day gigs. They weren’t forced into freelancing. They elected it. They chose the lifestyle. … They saw that it was an appealing lifestyle, and they went for it. They decided … Continue reading
Long, long ago, in a city far, far away… I was a reasonably contented corporate slave. I survived 15 years of reorganizations, realignments, reinventions, and restructurings. (By the way, all those big R-words are just corporate lingo for layoffs.) Then … Continue reading
Deb and I spent a couple days in San Francisco this week. And we found ourselves kicking around North Beach. Of course, that meant we just had to visit City Lights Books, one of my favorite city landmarks and the … Continue reading
I occasionally dig into my “archives” and re-read some of my early emails and blog posts. And I’m usually pleased to find some good stuff. But I’m often surprised by how long ago I wrote it. Which gets me thinking … Continue reading
The Rhinocerotic Revolution has the entire world in its grip. Just look at all these international editions of Scott Alexander’s three classic rhinoceros books — Rhinoceros Success, Advanced Rhinocerology, and Rhinocerotic Relativity. Alas, for the moment, the latest salvo in the … Continue reading