Firstly, thanks for all the positive commentary on this site. I really appreciate it. Sometimes I feel so good, other times it hits me that Colleen died less than five months ago. Lately, when I’m feeling down, I think, “If I feel like this now, how in the world did I make it through theContinue reading “The Shakedown”
Author Archives: PompanoDan
The Plan
“People Plan, and God Laughs.” (Yiddish adage) I was going to title this post “The Goal” but to me, a goal intimates that any deviation from it is some sort of failure. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve got my plan of where I want to go on this voyage and how IContinue reading “The Plan”
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Like many, I often gravitate to the darker and melancholy side of things. So it goes with Christmas carols and songs, my favorite is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”. A couple Christmases ago I noticed that there were two somewhat different sets of lyrics to the song. While neither are “jolly” one set isContinue reading “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
It’s Not a Small World and Time Doesn’t Fly
In my professional career I travelled extensively, worked in constantly forming and re-forming team structures, and lived a generally fast-paced lifestyle. “It’s a small world,” was a frequent aphorism that my colleagues and I would use when we made a professional acquaintance and then discovered that person had a connection to a close friend orContinue reading “It’s Not a Small World and Time Doesn’t Fly”