I’m not a big fan of parades.  My kids love them, probably because of all the free candy.  But I don’t really get the steady onslaught of antique cars, second string celebrities and marching bands in itchy wool uniforms.  It’s like the dreaded powerpoint presentation at work.  I usually stare mindlessly as slide after slide [...]

I think I can.  I think I can.  I think I can.  The Little Engine that Could.  It’s a book I read to my kids almost every night.  And after the 145th time reading it, you start to gloss over the meaning in the story.  You read the words and point at each and every [...]

Happy birthday Oreo!   You turned the big 100 this year.   Don’t worry, I celebrated with you.  I polished off a whole bag to ring in the occasion.  Birthdays demand some level of indulgence, right?  And now, I’m just in the middle of turning the big 30. A lot of people have been lamenting my [...]

I was just in the middle of watching Iron Man for the 43rd time.  I’m like most guys.  When offered the choice of sleep or a midnight rerun of a movie, I choose the rerun every time.  What was different this time?  I actually learned something while watching it.  And you’ll definitely want to catch [...]

In 2011, I attended South by Southwest (SXSW) for the first time.  And this year, I received my SXSW Sophomore Badge on Foursquare.  There’s a lot of memories I could share about why I have a hippie lovefest for SXSW, or SXSWi for those that are interactively inclined.  But there is one story I’ve never [...]

When I was 14, I started investing in the stock market.  Growing up on a small farm in the middle of nowhere Kansas, you’d think Wall Street was the farthest thing from my mind.  But my financially obsessive mother got me hooked at a young age.  CNBC was my favorite channel.  And Warren Buffett my [...]