Beyond Fraud

Your Legacy

Nothing like a bit of reality to bring an otherwise Happy Thanksgiving weekend to a close. My close neighbor fighting for his life in my last post passed away on Thanksgiving Day.Today, planning to attend his wake this afternoon, we learned my other neighbor’s sister passed away on Friday. At his wake this afternoon I marveled at the two large …

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving. Today is a special day to reflect on the good things you have going on in your life, and be thankful. There just aren’t enough days set aside in the year to escape the rat race, to take the time to be with friends and family, and to simply slow down and “smell the roses.”While I am a …

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Your Never To Old To Learn Things

Today in Connecticut the temperature never rose above freezing. Outside all day, I was expecting to freeze. I was pleasantly surprised I didn’t, and I learned new things today. I went on my first hike with the Boy Scouts today. Course in Connecticut with unseasonably cold weather and winds, today may not have been the best day to start the …

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Setting The Tone

In any situation establishing the initial tone will help to accomplish the goals and objectives. Today’s tone setting by the Congressional committee meeting with US auto makers spoke volumes. This is not a political post, nor will I use this blog to voice personal political views or criticisms. But if I see examples in politics that I can draw upon …

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Government bail-out of AIG

Here’s one reason we should support using taxpayer dollars to bail out AIG ??? It makes no sense to me – using taxpayer funds (including my own taxes) to bail out AIG when they continue to spend as if nothing is wrong / business as usual. They can rationalize a justification all they want, but any other company or organization …

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