It’s like going to school. Back in the olden days, when everybody went to public school, except for the privileged few who prepped and the Catholics with their parallel education system, we were all in it together. Nobody had better shoes, nobody flew to Europe for the weekend, we lived in an egalitarian society, everybody […]

I keep my cars forever. I certainly don’t lease, I don’t need to look fashionable. I drove my first BMW for 180,000 miles, until it got totaled by a drunk driver on St. Patrick’s Day. The second one exceeded 190,000. But I should have gotten rid of it sooner. I spent thousands trying to fix […]

You’ve got to tell the truth. I want you to read this article: “How I Landed on the New York Times and What It All Means” Yes, this is the same Marcus Sheridan I wrote about last week, you know, the pool-builder, who believes in blogging. After reading this webpage, you’ll know why Mr. Sheridan […]

I’m a researcher. Let me give you the latest example… My headphones broke. You know, the connection, by the plug, so that one ear goes in and out. In the seventies, you’d get this fixed. Today, it costs more to repair than to rebuy, and the art of repair seems to have gone by the […]