Monthly Archives: January 2015

My Pubic Mohawk

“Do you know you have varicocele?” the doctor said, matter-of-factly. I said, “Huh? What is [...]

The Investiture of Troop 23

  “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”  – William Faulkner   Fifteen [...]

Falling in Love (Again) With the Golden Gate Bridge

The helicopter pilot shouted above the whir of the engine, “Most photographers hang their legs [...]

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Jose Hernandez

If you have seen my other Iron Worker video interviews, you’ve met Jose before. I [...]

Evolution of a Rock Band: Joy of Cooking

I’m pleased to share this video interview with Terry Garthwaite, founder of a 70s rock [...]

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Book Review: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

If you are a “Baby Boomer,” you probably have parents who are dealing with end-of-life [...]

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Movie Reviews: Two Clunkers; One Winner

Wild  I’m not clear why this made so many of the “year’s best” lists. A [...]

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C.S. Lewis and a Life-Changing Event

I was attending a speech writers’ conference in New York. At the end of day one, [...]

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Book Review: Possibilities

“My mother is still mad that I left the symphony. When I stopped playing classical [...]

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Suddenly, four REALLY good movies

The acting, directing, editing, etc. in all these movies is terrific, but what really matters, [...]

Political Corner

When Obama took office in 2008, I made predictions to friends that before he left [...]

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Terrific TV Commercials

 “You are good at a lot of things, but parallel parking isn’t one of them.” [...]

History of PowerSpeaking, Inc.

Every time we brought on a new employee or trainer, we told the same old [...]

Saying Goodbye to Dena

Like many people, my childhood attempts to learn music had been painful affairs. For example, [...]

Photography: the Shortest Distance Between Two Hearts

Talk about connecting two hearts. My friend Harlan Crowder got this amazing shot in Cuba [...]

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Fitness is a journey

This is disgusting! Unfortunately, this is how I looked in September. The writing on my [...]

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Photography: The Shortest Distance Between Two Hearts

Cal vs Washington, October 11, 2014 Berkeley, Sproul Plaza, 2:00PM. First, in came the cheerleaders, [...]

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Oddities of Human Behavior and Language

Behavior  • Passivity. Why do people stand on the moving walkway in airports, or on [...]

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Finding Your Roots

My grandfather was a soldier, So my father could be a businessman, So I could [...]

Human Caused Global Warming: The Real Doom and Gloom

I‘m amazed in recent years how the climate crisis is discussed in the media, and [...]

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An Evening of Iron Workers Photography

Thursday Evening, November 20, 2014 Thirty people battled cold rainy weather to come to the [...]