Big Pocono Day
It was a hot hazy humid August summer day — perfect for a Harley Trike ride around the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. Our first stop was at the Mount Airy Hotel and Casino in Mount Pocono. The Mount Airy building is very large, but it does not compare with The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, […]
Knee Replacement
It seems like everyone knows someone who has had a total knee replacement or is considering one. There was a lot of feedback about the Oxinium knee story I wrote about my own knee replacement back in the Fall of 2008 and then the follow-on story where I shared my thoughts on how to prepare for […]
Where’s The Music?
Music has been one of my favorite things for as long as I can remember (see music category here in patrickWeb for stories). Where is my music? Some of it is recorded on circular pieces of vinyl stored in boxes in my attic. The music used to rotate at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute on […]
Flip the Digits?
A dear friend from high school and I were commiserating the other day about the birthdays we both had just enjoyed. She told me that when she turned 65, the thought occurred to her to flip the digits: 65 became 56. How nice. Now that we both just turned 67, a flip of the digits […]
Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck
Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck — What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur and Build a Great Business is a new book by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, and Tsun-Yan Hsieh. I first met Tony Tjan in 2006 when he was doing some consulting work for Knovel Corporation in New York, where I am […]