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If you have spent any time at all around small children you know that they like to make noise.  This is not really surprising, for noise is how kids get our attention.  Kids get loud when they...

One of the things the kids always say when you have to travel for work is to “bring us back something.”  What this usually amounts to is a scavenger hunt of sorts in random airport gift shops, where...

We have a kind of rule that we use when I take the kids trick-or-treating on Halloween.  It’s a pretty simple one.  You are free to knock on the door of any house with its lights on, unless there...

You have been tricked.   All of us have, actually.  And I am not talking about Halloween.  That holiday may have the phrase “Trick or Treat” but there really aren’t many tricks involved.  That is...

Do you remember social events from middle school?  I do.  Nothing struck fear into the heart of an adolescent like the middle school dance.  Dance isn’t something they taught at my school,...

I recently went on a trip for work and once again found myself in an airport.  I’ve been no stranger to airports over the last several years.  As long as time is not a factor I really don’t mind...

Why do people speed?   Have you ever wondered that?  Try this:  pick any stretch of road around of sufficient length, and force yourself to go the speed limit.  What do you think...

I grew up in a small town surrounded by farmland.  We didn’t need to worry much about navigation.  There was only one paved street that had businesses on it.  The other roads were made of...

What would you do if you won the lottery?  Would it be a blessing to you or a curse?  I am fond of saying that I would only want to win the lottery if I could do it anonymously.  That way...

I am sure you have heard of some businesses that were started in someone’s garage.  What you might not realize is the length of that list, or of the names of companies that are on it.  Here is a sampling...