It’s All About the Rhythm..

by | May 2, 2012 | Welcome Column

When I played rock and roll, I was a primarily a lead guitar player. I had an amp that stacked so high, I could hardly reach the knobs, and I could pull them strings all over the place and make that axe wail. I was fleet fingered, and I had luxuriously long hair. In...

It’s All Jazz

by | May 8, 2020 | Welcome Column

I’ve been watching the HBO series Treme with interest and enjoyment as it follows a group of seemingly doomed characters through the trials and troubles of life in the lower seventh ward in New Orleans six months after hurricane Katrina. Of particular interest to me...

It’s All Music

by | Jan 4, 2018 | Welcome Column

Bless me, Bill (Lester, Earl, Jimmy, Ralph, Carter) for I have sinned (and keep sinning for that matter.) My grandson is just over two years old and every time I see him I give him a musical instrument. I don’t see him nearly often enough but in his two years, I given...

It’s ALL Politics

by | May 13, 2009 | Welcome Column

Once upon a time I was part of a three person startup company. We worked like hell, and eventually, things got prosperous enough that we needed to hire someone. So, we did, and it was good. Then, things got more prosperous, and we hired another person. And there was...

It’s Cold

by | Nov 24, 2003 | Welcome Column

Today’s one of my two-days-per-week consulting days, and here in my Stockton office I can see steam when I exhale. That’s how cold it is. Obviously a problem with the boiler again. I’m wearing a sweater, a sweatshirt and a heavy leather jacket and yet my teeth are...