The trap of streaming content all day

October 9, 2025
It starts innocently enough.  A rainy afternoon, a comfy couch, and “just one episode” of a series everyone’s talking about. But suddenly—hours vanish, the sun has set, and the only exercise you’ve had is reaching for the remote. Streaming platforms are designed for this. Episodes...

The Pace of the Day

April 30, 2009
The day didn't start as anticipated, but I'm enjoying the pace.My meeting was cancelled, so I started at my desk at 8 a.m. A former client called, to see if I was still...

The Art of Compromise

April 29, 2009
I was recently talking with a friend who's been lucky enough to be married to his high school sweetheart for nearly 40 years. In my circle, this is practically unheard...

I love Dita

April 28, 2009
I saw her in a documentary and she's very articulate and bright. I try not to hold her marriage to Marilyn Manson against her. I also try not to hold it against her...

What I tell my trainer

April 27, 2009

Strange bedfellows

April 27, 2009
This is, in fact, what it looks like. A giant Ebay slot machine. And it sits on a wall at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa.I found it, and I found it astonishing....

"going through the (e)motions"

April 26, 2009
My friend Diana, who runs Baur B&B in northern Italy, has a beautiful post on her blog. Her entire blog is a slice of life we Americans can only imagine, and...

There’s no recession in Margaritaville

April 26, 2009
A packed crowd at the Ford Amphitheatre, probably 25,000+ strong, dressed in a variety of parrot shirts, grass skirts, fish shirts, parrot hats, beaks and other forms of...

Hot time, summer in the city

April 25, 2009
There's no escaping it. The heat is hotter, the humidity wetter, and summer is nearly here in west-central Florida. I'm not sure where spring went. Or winter. Or fall....

24 hours

April 24, 2009

Testing

April 24, 2009
Auto delivery of posts if you've signed up for it, is being rejected by some email systems. Including my own at aol. You may find posts in Spam or...

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