Spending Oneself
June 18, 2021
It was the fall of ‘66. I was 18. Freshman year in college. My friend Bob and I wanted to bum around Europe the following
Menu
“What I lack in smarts, I make up for in work…and given how hard I have to work, I must not be that smart!”–Greg hague
It was the fall of ‘66. I was 18. Freshman year in college. My friend Bob and I wanted to bum around Europe the following
On March 13, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a national emergency. Lockdowns followed, and the world seemed to change overnight. Trying to stay safe forced us to “draw
A father was helping his young son learn to fly a kite at the beach. The son complained, “Dad, I’m at the end of the
It’s called the Chunnel(short for Channel Tunnel). Completed in 1994 after 6 years of construction, it’s a 31 mile undersea tunnel connecting England to France beneath
In 2015, Luis Mota opened his first Mexican restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He hoped to have lots of happy customers, so he named
It’s a frigid, stormy night. The rain is pouring down in sheets, making it difficult to see the road ahead of you. You stop at a
He was raised in South Africa. He worked in a factory, and many nights slept on a couch in the break room. Recently interviewed, he was asked, “A
As he snuck me into the back, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. “Now remember Greg,” he said, “You know I can’t sell
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” -Mark Twain The word “humor” (humour in Commonwealth English) dates back to the
You’re at home about to fall asleep when suddenly you hear the faint shuffle of footsteps downstairs. You’re single. No pets. No kids. No boyfriend. Nobody has
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” -Jean-Luc Godard My three-year-old daughter was learning to
Two years ago I wrote an article called The End Of Real Estate. It was a month after two of America’s most aggressive law firms filed a class
Have you seen the movie, The Edge? Super-smart billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) and fashion photographer, Bob Greene (Alec Baldwin) endure a harrowing quest for survival
It’s a cold and rainy night in Atlanta. Terri is home alone with her kids when she hears a knock on the door. She answers
Driving home the other night I had KTAR on the radio because I listen to Jayme West and Jim Sharpe going to the office each morning.
Last year I wrote an article that opened, “It can be difficult to buy a house without much money.” This year a more accurate line would be…”It can be
Last Wednesday I was interviewed on KTAR radio about the current state of the housing market. I was asked: How low is the current inventory of homes
Last week while having lunch with a friend, I could tell he was trying to ask me something but simply couldn’t spit it out. So I
Many schools are closed across the country, and it could be a while before they fully reopen. Schools systems have scrambled to make online education
As early as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with flight. I credit my father, Chubby, with this intrigue. He was a flight instructor in World War II and
It was the fall of ‘66. I was 18. Freshman year in college. My friend Bob and I wanted to bum around Europe the following
On March 13, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a national emergency. Lockdowns followed, and the world seemed to change overnight. Trying to stay safe forced us to “draw
A father was helping his young son learn to fly a kite at the beach. The son complained, “Dad, I’m at the end of the
It’s called the Chunnel(short for Channel Tunnel). Completed in 1994 after 6 years of construction, it’s a 31 mile undersea tunnel connecting England to France beneath
In 2015, Luis Mota opened his first Mexican restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He hoped to have lots of happy customers, so he named
It’s a frigid, stormy night. The rain is pouring down in sheets, making it difficult to see the road ahead of you. You stop at a
He was raised in South Africa. He worked in a factory, and many nights slept on a couch in the break room. Recently interviewed, he was asked, “A
As he snuck me into the back, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. “Now remember Greg,” he said, “You know I can’t sell
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” -Mark Twain The word “humor” (humour in Commonwealth English) dates back to the
You’re at home about to fall asleep when suddenly you hear the faint shuffle of footsteps downstairs. You’re single. No pets. No kids. No boyfriend. Nobody has
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” -Jean-Luc Godard My three-year-old daughter was learning to
Two years ago I wrote an article called The End Of Real Estate. It was a month after two of America’s most aggressive law firms filed a class
Have you seen the movie, The Edge? Super-smart billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) and fashion photographer, Bob Greene (Alec Baldwin) endure a harrowing quest for survival
It’s a cold and rainy night in Atlanta. Terri is home alone with her kids when she hears a knock on the door. She answers
Driving home the other night I had KTAR on the radio because I listen to Jayme West and Jim Sharpe going to the office each morning.
Last year I wrote an article that opened, “It can be difficult to buy a house without much money.” This year a more accurate line would be…”It can be
Last Wednesday I was interviewed on KTAR radio about the current state of the housing market. I was asked: How low is the current inventory of homes
Last week while having lunch with a friend, I could tell he was trying to ask me something but simply couldn’t spit it out. So I
Many schools are closed across the country, and it could be a while before they fully reopen. Schools systems have scrambled to make online education
As early as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with flight. I credit my father, Chubby, with this intrigue. He was a flight instructor in World War II and