Trust Me, It’s a Guy Thing* No guy ever thinks of himself as a lineman or defensive back. No, at least when it comes to our own lives, we’re . . the quarterback! (natch). Which is where the phrase, “I’ll be out of the pocket” until 3 p.m. today (or whenever) comes from. Translation: ‘I’ll be...Read More
Stop the Presses! I just finished Thomas Friedman’s excellent Op-Ed from tomorrow’s Sunday New York Times (I’m not clairvoyant — it’s online now), devoted to the leadership vacuum in today’s Middle East (if not the world). You just wonder if the headline writer — presumably, it wasn’t Friedman — bothered to do more than just skim...Read More
Is Facebook Stock a Bargain? “Small Investors May Get to Own Bit of Facebook.” –Headline, The New York Times (5/4/2012) “I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member.” –Groucho Marx (oft-quoted by Woody Allen and many, many others) Is Facebook stock a deal at a...Read More
Is 50 the new 25? I have no idea. But $50 sure seems to be the new $25 — threshold for signing a credit card receipt at checkout, that is. Except at Costco, where it’s now $100. I attribute the phenomenon to inflation, plus better credit card security (or at least, one would hope). P.S.: ...Read More
No, the Starbucks “barista” (or whatever you’re supposed to call them) hadn’t heard that question before. And he didn’t know what a Rorschach ink blot was (it’s a random pattern that psychiatrists present to clients, and ask them what associations it conjures up). But look at the pictures (above right and below) and tell me you...Read More
Regression to the Mean — or Reverse Psychology? Twelve years on (the age of my oldest, of three total), I believe I have stumbled upon the secret to rearing children who are devout, punctual, and rule-abiding: be none of those things. It will so irk your kids that they will be the opposite. Plan B: ...Read More
