I stood across the concourse, the airport hallway, from my check in studying my boarding pass with Group Nine printed on the bottom right side. Group Nine is last to board, last to sit, and last to find an overhead bin for the carry-on. Luckily my wife and I were flying […]
MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
January 15, 2018 by
Where are you right now? Do you wish you were somewhere else? Instead of working on the wish list of where you’d rather be, take a good look around. You may be in the center of the universe, like Mesa Arizona.
MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt1
January 12, 2018 by
Where the heck is Puerto Vallarta? Find a good map book. Look about two thousand miles south of Portland and you’re close. West coast of Mexico below the Gulf of California.
FIVE DIAMOND ATTITUDE: WORK IN PROGRESS
January 10, 2018 by
Ultimate luxury, like crack, coke, meth, heroin, oxy, opioids in general, and cigarettes, is a hard habit to kick. I’ve worn this wristband for three weeks as a reminder of ultimate luxury, and clever marketing. It reminds me to put things back where I found them in their original luxury, and find […]
FAKE PRESIDENT DONALD STERLING HELPS PRESIDENT TRUMP SHINE
January 8, 2018 by
Donald Sterling isn’t President of the United States, but he is a west coast version of the east coast Donald, President Donald J. Trump. What if the west coast Donald wanted it bad enough? As a billionaire real estate man, fake President Donald Sterling would have introduced his own incredible cast […]
FIVE DIAMOND PRESIDENT, OR HOW TO UNDERSTAND HIGH END HABITS
January 7, 2018 by
For any questions about President Trump, his behavior in office, and general lifestyle, there’s a simple answer: He’s a Five Diamond President. If that’s not good enough, he’s also a Six Star Diamond man. What you see in President Trump is the result of decades of pampered living. Nothing wrong […]
MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB
January 6, 2018 by
I’ll never to get used to hearing about the ‘new normal,’ which is a pretty common topic after cancer treatment. “How is your new normal?” I’ve heard. “Do you miss the things you can’t do anymore?” I’ve heard. What’s the right answer? There is no right answer, but the questions ought to serve […]
AMERICAN EDUCATION STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD
December 15, 2017 by
American education teaches and American education does some learning too, as in we learn how to teach. Isn’t that the happy ending education promises? Learn how to treat others as you would have them treat you. Why does that sound so biblical? This is where the separation does neither American public […]
COMFORT ZONE AND BIG SNAKES? GET. OUT.
December 8, 2017 by
If you’ve ever seen a snake wrangler in their comfort zone, they probably don’t look like this. There I was in a lovely Santa Monica apartment with nice people in Los Angeles. They seemed like nice people, then I saw the snake in a cage. “Do you like snakes?” someone […]
