by Rick | Nov 8, 2013 | Blog
Just yesterday, I had two people with whom I work need a file in my possession. Both times, I was away from my computer and would not be able to send it to them until I returned to the hotel. But I didn’t have to wait; I told them where to find it on the company...
by Rick | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog
My office frequently either drapes across my shoulder in a bag or fits in my shirt pocket. For years, the nature of my work has kept me mobile so I’ve learned to turn hotels, airplanes, taxis, picnic tables, boats, hammocks, and Panera’s into my office. I have not...
by Rick | Nov 1, 2013 | Blog, Huggable Heroes
When I flip through the news channels, I’m having a harder time finding heroes. Congress doesn’t impress me much. Athletes making a gazillion dollars a year don’t warrant my affection. Movie and music stars don’t receive my adulation. So I look around me for...
by Rick | Oct 30, 2013 | Blog
I was surprised by how emotional I got while watching Captain Phillips, the movie about the captain of a merchant ship hijacked off the Horn of Africa. I thought it would be a typical Tom Hanks film where justice wins and everyone feels good at the end. Except, I...
by Rick | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog
Each afternoon at five, the minister in the small town would walk down to the railroad tracks and watch the train go by. He would watch until the caboose disappeared from sight. Someone finally asked him why he did it and he responded: “It’s the only thing in town...
