PART I Recently my family scheduled a quarterly birthday party, and I took some time off from work to attend. My immediate family lives in the greater New York City area, although scattered far and wide. Apart from my 12 hour distance, most are 2 or 3 hours distant from each other. Thus, we try … Continue reading “Knishes and Camels and Rain, Oh My!”
Category: The Road
Meet the Chimps
Once a year, several of the regular poker crowd at Prentice Hall would rent a house at Cape Cod for a week of drinking, card playing, and general debauchery. It was known affectionately as “Immaturity Week.” Oh, and there were no women allowed. So one year, I get a phone call on a Friday at … Continue reading “Meet the Chimps”
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Editor’s note: Today’s post was written by my brother Joe. You have been warned… It all started back in 2009. The annual announcement of baseball’s Hall of Fame induction in February – this time it included Rickey Henderson, former A’s and Yankees player (among many others). I fully expected the next message – it was … Continue reading “Déjà Vu All Over Again”
Hotel Hell
As I spend my second week in Columbus IN, I thought I’d spend this week’s grump post addressing an issue at hand: hotels. Or, specifically, this hotel. When I checked into this hotel, the desk clerk told me that they were upgrading their elevators so only one was operational. Also, since they had booked me … Continue reading “Hotel Hell”
Exit Stage Right
After getting downsized from Thompson, I formed a startup with Harcourt coworkers Brian and Jack. We named our company Smartacus, and we would focus on educational software. Shortly after its inception, we scheduled a sales trip to the major college textbook publishing companies in NYC and Boston. That meant a road trip for us, so … Continue reading “Exit Stage Right”