A couple of conversations this week made me think about living “a life of offense.” In one example, a friend is finally thinking about leaving a job to pursue something better. In another case, another friend is getting more comfortable taking on risk, both in personal and work situations. Both are leaning forward. Before, both
Category: Personal
From Sports Illustrated’s Peter King
Sports Illustrated writer Peter King recently pushed out a new article on “The Monday Morning Quarterback.” He led it off with a comment about Memorial Day, of which I show a screen shot below. On this Memorial Day, I think it says it all. I’ll stop here:
Our Memorial Day Weekend
It’s Memorial Day Weekend. For me, it is one of my favorite family holidays. It’s a time of near-closure and the beginning of summer. Our older children are about to start final exams, and our younger ones are nearly done with school, too. Our oldest child will be going for a month to France and is
My Annual Physical (and, A Dream About Europe)
I went in this morning for my annual physical exam. I’m fortunate, in that I really click with my doctor. She is a few years out of medical school and is very up to speed on the latest technologies. We also share an immigrant background. Her family left Iran for the U.S. just before the 1979
Why Do Many Men Have Few Friendships?
I met up last night for dinner with two college classmates. One was in town and he was one of my college roommates. Four of us lived together all four years. It was really fun. Same old jokes and a lot of laughs. It was great to be able to reconnect with old friends and
Mother’s Day
It is a glorious day here. The sun is out, the skies are blue, and there’s a gentle breeze. It is a perfect Mother’s Day. The photo up top of a neighborhood tree reminds me of what Mother’s Day should be: tremendous beauty, full of life and evocative of a brilliant spring day. The photo