The Agency Holiday Party

The Agency Holiday Party

The Agency Holiday Party “If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” Khalil Gibran When they think you might make it in the insurance business, they send you to career school for a week of...
The 1988 World Series

The 1988 World Series

The 1988 World Series “You know, we just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening.” Dr. Archibald “Moonlight” Graham, Field of Dreams Thirty-six years ago this month, I took my dad to a...
Staying Out of Trouble

Staying Out of Trouble

Staying Out of Trouble “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience — well, that comes from poor judgment!” John W. Lang If the quotation above is not one of the great truisms, I don’t know what is. This is so in nearly every aspect of life,...
Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes “Be sincere, be brief, be seated.” Franklin D. Roosevelt My dad and Dick Jappe were great friends. They met as newbie pharmaceutical reps in the mid-fifties when both went to work for the Stuart Company, the maker of Mylanta, Mylicon, and other...
Road Rage

Road Rage

Road Rage “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” George Carlin I don’t know if you have noticed this, but some of our fellow drivers can get a little tense out there when...
Regret Not!

Regret Not!

Regret Not! “The retrospectoscope has 20/20 vision.” Mike Bromberg, D.D.S. I don’t know about you, but I used to spend a lot of my time regretting things I had done or hadn’t done. Ok, I still do that…but not as much. That changed long...