Category Archives: Off Topic

Off Topic: American Pickers

By | May 12, 2014

[May 12, 2014] While I do not watch much television, especially reality shows, I do watch occasionally one called the American Pickers. The show is about buyers (“pickers”) who travel the country picking old items for sale in their store, for clients, or in some cases for the personal collections. When my wife and I began watching the… Read More »

Off Topic: Forgetting my Laptop

[May 05, 2014] No posts yesterday or this morning. That is what happens when I forget my laptop while before traveling across the country. My apologies for doing what my friends call a “brain dump.” While traveling without connectivity, the available time did provide me with a chance to eat in an airport restaurant – something I have… Read More »

A Food Fight about Cheese

By | April 30, 2014

[April 30, 2014] It’s hard to believe I overlooked this tidbit about the on-going food figh” [pun intended] on the naming of cheese. The “European Union wants the United States to outright ban certain cheese names …”1,2 My Italian wife missed it too. Here’s the issue in a nutshell – the EU claims that certain foods have geographic… Read More »

1965 Ford Mustang Anniversary

By | April 16, 2014

[April 16, 2014]  Yesterday while checking out of my hotel I spotted an old Ford Mustang in the parking lot.  Two older men were getting out of a car.  I told them that it was unusual to see a 1965 Mustang on the road (I owned one as a teenager, so I recognized the distinctive grille features).  Turns… Read More »

Off Topic: Baseball Season Begins

By | April 1, 2014

[April 01, 2014]  This season’s of Major League Baseball has begun.  We begin with a number of interesting tidbits.  But what makes baseball such an addictive game?  It’s slow, boring at times, and has a bunch of guys in their pajamas standing around spitting on the ground and staring at each other.  What could be “worse” we are… Read More »

Off Topic: Introducing New Topics

By | March 27, 2014

[March 27, 2014]  Beginning this week, in addition to the senior leader blog, I’ll occasionally introduce new topics that are joined to senior leader issues, but not so close that it deserves a leader tag.  My first “off topic” will be about Baseball – it requires “heart” to play (passion), practiced study of the opponent (patience and intelligence),… Read More »