I write this with a background of nearly 50 years obtaining residential building permits from cities and counties throughout California.  I am a Designer/Builder who draws the blueprints for houses and then executes them and I have always honored the local building officials for the work they do to improve the quality of our […]

WRESTLING GIANTS   – As a recovering cynic, I love to hear stories about people who do truly beneficial work simply because they understand their own abilities and believe in themselves.  I need to know there are people so strong and resourceful that they do their work no matter what, just because they can.  People […]

  It’s time someone spoke up for the aggressive drivers of the world.  You know, the pushy ones who change lanes and wait until the last second to merge back when the lane ends.  The drivers who seek out the fastest moving track on the roadway in an effort to get where they’re going more quickly. […]

Once in a while I come up with an idea that’s truly golden, and it just happened again.  This is great.  An idea that could potentially save consumers billions of dollars while at the same time eliminating clutter from their countertops, pockets, and purses.  It will simplify and enhance the gift-giving experience by offering a […]

    I’m not a very good salesman.  Sales is a one way street with the sole objective being to convince the buyer that they will be getting the most for their money if they purchase your product rather than someone else’s.  When it comes to marketing, I spend way too much time wondering if […]

  This is my own personal hang-up and I know it.  There’s really no good reason why someone spending ten or twenty dollars on Lottery tickets should bother me at all.  It’s their money and they can do whatever they want with it.  That’s their right.  But when I was a kid, the ‘numbers’ was […]

 The world continues to fly apart today,  and the way everybody is talking you would think this has never happened before!

  Pointing the way.  How can you be cynical in a world this incredible?

 I have finally seen the light! This is the greatest. I’m so glad that I’m still alive in the 21st century.