90 Miles from Pawnee, Indiana (Just Not Sure Which Direction*) OK, so I was only invited to one of the weddings. But, when you’re in formal attire, you can temporarily mill around, ala “Wedding Crashers,” at any other wedding. So, walking from my hotel to the Lowenstein-Rudy wedding at Indianapolis’ Chase Tower Sunday (top photo), I stumbled across...Read More
The last time I visited Indianapolis — on a business trip more than 25 years ago — I experienced an earthquake. At the time, though, it seemed like something had exploded in the basement of the Airport Hilton, where I was staying. Only the next day did news accounts make clear that there in fact had been...Read More
The Country in the City When you can buy a dozen eggs at Cub for $1.49, — or two dozen at Sam’s Club for $1.99 — it’s hard to see an economic motive for keeping your own egg-laying hens (garden-variety goldfish seem to pose a challenge for the Kaplan household). I suppose that leaves purity...Read More
That Synching Feeling, Indeed In a post last month titled, “iCloudy,” I discussed one of the two main risks associated with transferring (and entrusting) your digital life to the iCloud. Namely, that it won’t work exactly as advertised. Or at all. Synching Feeling Especially if you’re an independent contractor like me straddling multiple software platforms, learning to successfully synch...Read More
And Exactly What Quality is That? Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again, after the money’s gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same...Read More
Pets, Plants, Dolls, Garden (*Dolls??) All Still OK Admittedly, the bar wasn’t set very high. But, my charge while my wife and three kids were in New York last week visiting family was, well, to make sure everything in (and outside) our household was still living when they returned. Home (Almost) Alone, or, “Daddy, Don’t Forget...Read More
