I was working on a post for today — my take on the leaked Google TGIF meeting where the search giant’s execs are seen melting down over the 2016 election results — when I found out that I need foot surgery to remove two fractured sesamoid (not sesame, sesamoid) bones[…] Read On
I don’t know what success means to you but to me it’s always meant not having to shave or dress up for work. Guess I was way ahead of the curve on that but I couldn’t be happier that the world eventually caught up. Nobody bothers to shave or dress[…] Read On
Funny what goes through your head when you’re alone with your thoughts and no distractions for a while. I’m lying in this MRI machine listening to all the thumping and pumping and wondering how I’m going to keep still for 30 minutes without going bananas. So I tune my brain[…] Read On
Some guy started following me on Twitter today. He has more than three million followers. I was intrigued; what’s so special about this guy’s tweets to have all those followers? So I picked a random day and was rewarded with this: I had a dream that the Russians were bombing[…] Read On
When asked in a recent CNBC interview why he doesn’t tweet more – you know, like Elon Musk and Donald Trump – Warren Buffett replied, “I am not that desperate for somebody to hear my opinion.” Since Buffett’s far too nice a guy to just come right out and say[…] Read On
Few things are more traumatic than surgery. While the nurses were prepping me for my latest procedure, my blood pressure started to spike. Every time they took a measurement it was way high. Puzzled, the OR nurse said, “Are you feeling OK Mr. Tobak?” “Well, let me see. I haven’t[…] Read On
Tell me again why I bother blogging on Fridays in the summertime? Everyone’s either on vacation, getting a jump on the weekend beach traffic or just screwing off somewhere. Is anyone even out there. Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? If it’s ok with you (what am I saying, there’s nobody else here,[…] Read On