Monthly Archives: October 2015

The Spirituality of Pruning

We have a Japanese maple in our front yard that was desperately in need of [...]

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Gun Control: California’s Attorney General Agrees with Let ‘er Rip!

In my last blog post, I suggested a way to end this interminable debate over [...]

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Grateful To Be In the 1% (Medically Speaking)

The two major killers in our country are heart disease and cancer. We all know [...]

Blue Angels: It Gets Personal

On Saturday, October 10, the Blue Angels streaked across the skies above San Francisco Bay. [...]

Word Chaos

Word Chaos Our verbal communication swims in a sea of metaphors and memes. (Like that [...]

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Take Your iPhone Video – You Might Get in the Show !

A Cappella group Hook Slide played Saturday night at the Pacific Performances in Pacifica. At [...]

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Photography Corner: Portraits

In  exchange for speech coaching, I recently had a photo session with photographer Mark Tuschman. [...]

Immediate Cure for Gun Violence

Many chickenshit politicians are terrified of the NRA. “Oh my god, if I get a [...]

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“Hey Gilbert – Are You A Virgin?”

…yelled the swagger stick wielding wannabe Marine drill sergeant, on the fourth day of “Hell [...]

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California Passes Death with Dignity Law!

On October 5, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law our right to choose how [...]

Update on Exercise Program

I started working with trainer Ronney Richard as a 75-year-old, out-of-shape retired consultant. That was [...]