Miscellaneous

The latest newsletter, Valuing Truth, is available now. I was reading a news story a couple of days ago about a mother of a young son who was killed by illegal fireworks and wondered just what it is about many people that they feel it’s fine to violate some laws and obey others. I’ll admit […]

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The warning we always get from our local news channels came true for a acquaintance of mine today. I got word from the daughter of this acquaintance that he passed away today, suffering a critical heart attack while shoveling snow in his driveway. He was about 3 years older than me, but I’ve known him […]

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According to this, I am: Career Inventory Test Results Extroversion ||||||||||||||| 43% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||||||||| 70% Orderliness |||||||||||||||||||||||| 73% Altruism ||||||||||||||| 50% Inquisitiveness |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 86% You are a Planner, possible professions include – management consultant, economist, scientist, computer programmer, environmental planner, new business developer, curriculum designer, administrator, mathematician, psychologist, neurologist, biomedical researcher, strategic planner, civil […]

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(originally published September 5th, 2005) I guess it’s my turn to talk a little bit about the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Over the past week there’s been lots of talk about the destruction of this thing, and the devastation it’s left. There’s been talk about the slow response from the federal government, the looting, the […]

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(originally posted April 9th, 2005) I went to a healthcare finance seminar in Rochester yesterday, and got to see two wonderful presenters that I want to mention. The first speaker does more than just healthcare presentations. Her name is Connie Podesta, and you want to talk about a combination of skills? She’s a clinical psychologist […]

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