Chris: “Cmon man, you have to go snowboarding with us tomorrow!” Me: “I can’t, I just got too much work to do. Here’s an idea, lets have fun tonight!” Chris: “What do you have in mind?” Me: “Come over, bring your laptop, your thinking cap, and le...

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Victor Frankl I’ve always been drawn to this quote. When faced with hard times and uncertainty, I think it’s human nature to look around us and think: “If I could just change this [job, relati...

I originally posted this to my corporate blog, however, it didn’t make it after the migration and was lost into the ether. I thought it was a good post, so I’m presenting it again in a place where it hopefully won’t evaporate When I was growing up in the 70’s and 80’s and just ...

I have two children in college and one in the JD/MBA program at the University of Houston. I still have one child at home anxious to start college. I feel my wife and I sacrifice hard to to get our children through without the need to bankrupt them. UH, like many other Texas university has increased...

Some people think that life balance is a thing of luxury, something you pursue when times are good…that we should work like dogs  to remain indispensable in this unpredictable economy. But wait a sec. Weren’t we were already working like dogs, before we added in the fear of losing our j...

There used to be a time, long long time ago, where, to me, travelling all over the world, whether on business or on vacation, was just pure pleasure! One of those small, little treasures one could dedicate  him/her-self to for the remaining of one’s life. Yes, indeed, travelling has always be...

Israelis are a head-strong bunch.  We’ve got a knack for persevering.  We keep our heads down and continue to innovate.  Continue to push.  Even when times are tough like we face today. The problem with keeping your head down is that sometimes you forget to look up. Occasionally we’r...

So, blearily, government offices re-open, factories closed for an artificially long break think about turning on the lights again, and the fortnight of footling around we don't somehow count as a public holiday is over. The hardworking families so relentlessly invoked by politicians are going back t...

Last year I wrote about my resolution to get organized in a post titled Anal Retentive Compulsions in 2008. In July I saw that people were still reading that post and took another look. Then I cleaned up and organized my office - which was still a mess - and posted the transformation in Resolutions ...

The conversation that started on Mama, Ph.D., which many of us picked up, continues. Tedra brings out some pretty scary stats on the rate of tenured and t-t female faculty who are married with children as compared to men. It raises the question, once again, of why people question whether women can h...