A Terrific Article About….Me…by the Palos Verdes Pulse
I grew up on the mean streets of Palos Verdes Estates, California. Kidding aside, it was and is an idillic community on the southern edge of Los Angeles. Although I moved from there some time ago, I have stayed well connected to PVE for all these years…and my daughter and her family live in PV…
Read MorePutin and My New Book
My new book is called Suddenly Retired. It is a book for those of us who got kicked to the curb by the pandemic…lost our jobs or stalled our careers. It is also for those who found that they liked working at home, supervised by no one and being productive on their own schedule. And…
Read MoreKnowing Your Limits
I’ve written a lot about pushing your limits in retirement. My basic premise is to use your retirement years to do all the things you have always wanted to do, but were afraid to do due to the danger present. I am always careful to add…get expert help to do so, to have experts there…
Read MoreWhere Did The Employees Go?
Maybe they flew off into the night…but I doubt it. I live on an island. My experience during this pandemic may be different from yours. Here is what I have been noticing… The Post Office is screwed up beyond belief here. If I head to Starbucks or McDonalds after 5pm, they are likely to be…
Read MoreThe Down Side of Retirement…had to look hard to find one.
I have written a book, done radio shows and podcasts and written blogs and articles about how much I love retirement. However, that is not 100% true. Now that I have been retired for over a dozen years, I can tell you that there is really only one thing I miss from my former career…belonging…
Read MoreCheck Me Out On A Podcast with Wendy Green
I was on live with Wendy Green who has a podcast called Hey,Boomer. Here is the link to the YouTube podcast… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7R-FkE2ttQ Wendy brought up an accident I was in when I was 14 years of age. I occurred on the same road where Tiger Woods just had his accident. That road goes up and…
Read MoreThe Road Ahead…2021
So, the heck with 2020…bring on this new year. And yet there are things lingering in the air from 2020 that may need out attention. Let’s start with covid… Conspiracy theories…I hear you. This could be the worst attack on the world ever launched on purpose by a bad actor or actors. However, I am…
Read More2020 an “Interesting” Year
I think this sign says “Welcome to 2020”. I had a great boss years ago, Jack Callahan. One of the first things you learned, working with Jack, was what the word “Interesting” meant to him. It meant that he hated whatever you had just said or proposed…as in “Don’t ever bring that up again!” You…
Read MoreA Memorable Christmas
This fits in with my new book, My Pretentious Memoir. Christmas in about 1965. Everyone was coming to our house for Christmas and a fancy meal. My Aunt Mamie was coming and she had already written me out of her Will. I liked her, but she wanted to control me and that never went very…
Read MoreEruption on the Big Island…the adventures continue
Boom…just like that, we are back in the lava business. Kilauea volcano just exploded, sending a column of ash and debris some five miles into the sky. In just two days, it completely boiled off a sizable lake of acidy water and filled it in with live liquid lava…some 500 feet deep already and covering…
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