Mitch’s Blog

Sometimes my wife’s cousin comes up with some of the best stuff. I think this is a great thing to close this year’s Black History Month out with, especially with the extra day. The site is called Martin Luther King Soundboard and it’s basically access to sound clips and speeches of Dr. King’s [...]

On the next to the last day of Black History Month for this year, there’s an email going around that I’ve received in previous years entitled “Life Without Black People”. Basically, it’s a “what-if” black people had never been in America and what would have been lost because of their contributions in making this [...]

Okay, here’s the initial story; I’m not sure if this link will work, so I’ll highlight it, just in case.
Ten Filipino nurses resigned from the Avalon Gardens Rehabilitation and Health Center in Smithtown, NY, at the same time. They said they left because conditions were dangerous, they’d brought their concerns up to management, believed [...]

I’m not often one of those guys who believes that the top guy in a large organization needs to be fired because of something a subordinate they might not even know did. Therefore, I’m not going to go there in this instance either,… at least not for the initial indiscretion.
By now, everyone has heard [...]

I go out to dinner often, and whether I order water or diet soda, these folks, most of the time, put lemon in my drink if I forget to ask them not to. I don’t like lemons, and outside of lemon meringue pie, I’m not overly crazy about the flavor either.
So imagine my reaction [...]

First, two newsletters to catch up on. The latest healthcare newsletter, Why Is Cash Low?, is now available. And the latest business newsletter, which went out last week, called New Employees And Their Learning Curves, is also available.
It’s Black History Month, and I feel like I’m way behind the times. I’ve been [...]

It’s Super Tuesday night, or at least the aftermath based on when I’m writing, and it’s been am amazing evening. Actually, I guess if I was going to be more correct, it’s been an amazing political season, at least on the Democratic side of things.
Tonight, basically two people battled for delegates in 24 or [...]

Last night, I was in the grocery store with my wife, when I walked away to get something in a different area of the store. After about a minute in this new section, I hear someone coming from around the corner, cursing up a storm. When she finally appeared within my view, I [...]

I’m one of those people who, when I get a chance, likes to encourage others to do great things. I like to believe that all of us have the potential to be great, do great, live great, and feel great. As rich and successful as I want to be in my life, I’d [...]