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Harry Chapin was an amazing folk singer and humanitarian who died at age 39. One of his earliest and greatest songs is called Taxi and there’s a lyric that is extremely important to me: Oh,…

Just cut it out Writing tip of the day. If you are struggling with a particular sentence or paragraph, consider just deleting it. The reasons for this extra effort that’s getting you nowhere could be…

A little too ironic, and yeah I really do think Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian biochemist was quoted as saying that “discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Arthur Schopenhauer,…

Compete ‘n Eat This week, I’ve been writing about my last ever visit to a Bob Evans restaurant. Do I have anything against Bob Evans the man (1918-2007), restaurateur and marketer of pork sausage products,…

Some of the best advice I ever received came to me from a professor at the University of Michigan. This wisdom came not in the classroom… I never took any of his classes… but during…