Category: Thoughts

As you may know and I mention it every blog, this page is not my speech and the simple reason is on stage, I represent both myself and the client hiring me so I am ultra sensitive to not being offensive but whether there or here, being offended is a moving target. In other words, […]

As I sit here on Martin Luther King day, my feelings are conflicted. I am in the United States but more specifically, I am in Honolulu for a speaking engagement. I know what you are thinking. I am writing this to brag. Honestly, I am not. I am writing this to reflect on the fact […]

Today, the Federal Communications Commission is debating allowing cellphone use during flights in the United States.  I have been following this as I fly around 125,000 miles a year, about 30% of that in the U.S. But this blog is less about technology and all about something my last blog also addressed…self-absorption. Remember that when […]

The Oxford dictionary folks have again published the list of most used new words and “Selphy” is number one.  Selphy is attributed to an Australian man and describes the self-portrait taken by the new generation smart phone’s camera. Let’s be clear, I am not some old crusty fart pining for the “good old days” and […]

This past week has been so full of exasperation, I am having trouble keeping track of my audible exhalations so when  it came to material to write about, its the choosing that’s the problem and as I have mentioned lately that my blog is not my talk, this blog is something I feel very strongly […]

2013 brings two significant anniversaries and since they have both happened, I can talk about them. One of the biggies is July 2 and this year, that represented 20 years of marriage to Darlene.  But I feel strongly that October 1st was a bigger anniversary that even allowed me to have a wedding anniversary with […]

If you follow my blog (thanks by the way) you may have noticed a bit of a void lately. i have had a conundrum.  By the way, I am not about impressing with my vocabulary but “conundrum” is the perfect word to describe the conflict in my soul. I decided to write a blog to […]

I was getting set to write a very personal and uplifting entry today and I will get to that in a minute.  I got interrupted with a phone call from a booking agency regarding an upcoming speaking engagement.  The agent was connecting after a client who already contracted me voiced concerns about my blog.  I […]

As many of you know, my wife Darlene and I spend significant time at our cottage in Saskatchewan.  Crystal Lake is very precious to us but for me it is very personal in that I spent my summers here for most of my childhood and I know how fortunate that makes me. Anyone who has […]

Two people who may not have wanted to be famous are now having to struggle with a potential firestorm that I wonder if they considered before they created it.  Fran Steer and Mary Craig are a same sex couple  raising a now 13 year old daughter, Brooklyn. When their daughter was 12, she felt compelled […]