COMMIT TO THE SHOT!

Life is about Choices.  We face them everyday, but we also live with the ones that we made, perhaps years ago, and over the course of our lifetime.  Who we ended marrying, or where (or if) we decided to attend college, and the kind of job we pursued all shaped the...

FATHER’S DAY

Once they arrive a few years past adolescence, most men become a problem for their loved ones on birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries.  They frustrate their wives, girlfriends, and children who seek input or possibilities for gifts they can proffer on such...

Disappointment is not Shame!

I’m a movie and trivia fan. My brain seems to be a repository of useless information. One of those more arcane morsels of unimportant facts is that Marlon Brando, the very prolific and talented actor, directed only one movie in his long career: One Eyed Jacks. It was...

ONE YEAR AGO

One Year Ago ….….. Most anniversaries are celebrations: birthdays, wedding celebrations, perhaps holidays like Christmas or the 4th. Still, some dates are fixed in our memory that are not recalled fondly. These memorable dates are vivid because of some sense of loss...

THINKING ONESELF INTO FUNCTIONALITY

As regular readers of this newsletter can attest, much of my writing is built around my basic concept of the “snowman.” As the description on the website explains, the metaphor of the snowman explains the theory that all of our behavioral decisions flow from a...