THE GARDNER ART HEIST Why we care about musty old canvas?
“Why would robbers steal that?” the burley cop asked soon after the Rembrandt, Vermeer and Degas theft was discovered at the Isabella Gardner Museum. Might be the $200 million […]
GREASE HAPPENS
My wife, Minako, returned recently from the BMW dealership. Her experience was hygienic, businesslike and efficient. The “Dealership Visit Experience” was a study in time motion, focus group approved procedures […]
ZEN AND THE ART OF CAR WASHING
You can always tell when spring arrives in New England. Daffodils pop up, snow banks are hard to find, and car freaks invade the shopping mall parking lots with their […]
KEEP HEALTHY- HIT THE “MUTE” OR “OFF” BUTTON
The evening news is a health hazard. The stories are entertaining but often a downbeat selection of horrifying, panic inducing video clips. Every story’s tediously “late breaking”. Fortunately these clips […]
REACH THE TOP OF THE .01%
Become the first trillionaire Delicious ideas begin with eye popping big numbers. A provocative example arrived this week for any of you who aspire to be the first trillionaire. FORTUNE […]
DON’T JUST SIT THERE! DO SOMETHING CLANDESTINE
It is a brutal truth among my retirement fraternity, that you can’t find much espionage, revolution, mayhem or appalling lust. I should be so lucky as to have the security […]