Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and Me

July 9, 2009

The recent deaths of pop icon Michael Jackson and pitchman Billy Mays caught me be surprise. Not that their deaths shouldn’t have been unexpected – they were – and by everyone, not just myself. No, the problem, and the personal impact, relates to the fact that they were my peers.

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Providence Marianwood – Family Story and Ask

May 14, 2009

[I was asked once again to speak at the spring luncheon for Providence Marianwood, the long term care facility at which my father lived for his last 4.5 years. The keynote speaker for the luncheon was Robert Fulghum. I was also preceded by Gene Muren, whose wife Debra is a resident of the same wing [...]

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My EADS luncheon talk

February 5, 2009

This is the “Family Story” and “Ask” that I presented at the Elder and Adult Day Services luncheon on Februay 5th, 2009. (Dr. John Medina of Brain Rules was the keynote speaker.) I’m here to tell you some things that you probably already know. Like my story.

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A Store Goes Empty

August 29, 2008

The doll shop is officially “between locations” right now – our brick and mortar location is not only closed, but as of today empty.

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5 Years. And some things never change.

August 10, 2008

August 10th marks the 5th anniversary of Ask Leo!. Technology changes, some things come and go, but one thing that never changes is the stream of the odd, the strange, and the downright … ok, I’ll say it … stupid questions that show up in the Ask Leo! question queue. As has been my tradition, [...]

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New unit of measurement: The Bible?

May 2, 2008

The Bible turns out to be a handy unit of measurement, particularly when you’re trying to help folks some grasp large storage media or data transfer rates. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in what’s in it, of course, it’s just that most folks have seen one. I’d wager that most folks have a reasonable [...]

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Seattle Native Test

May 1, 2008

OK, this is a test for everyone who claims to be a Seattle native/local. What is this:

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Seattle has no full time news radio station.

April 24, 2008

Yes, yes, I know that the two heavyweights in the Seattle marker, KIRO 710 and KOMO 1000 both claim to be news stations. And yet… KIRO changed branding some time ago from “News Radio” to “News Talk” to finally reflect more accurately what they really broadcast: News and Talk. More of the later than the [...]

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Why yes, I do live in Seattle.

April 19, 2008

During my recent trip to San Antonio, I found myself in a small shop (gourmet dog cookies, if you must know) across from a Starbucks. I told the proprietor that I was visiting from Seattle, and she immediately said, “Yes, the home of Starbucks!” Indeed. It made me realize that I’m really, really from Seattle, [...]

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Geek is Good

April 12, 2008

So my credit card company (or rather, the credit card company that issued the corporate cards used for my wife’s business http://dollsandfriends.com) “upgraded” their card access web site recently. Already you can see where this is going.

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