Famous singer begs: please, no encores
Published: Fri, 07/11/25
Updated: Sat, 07/12/25
Years ago I saw Kenny Rogers in concert, and he told us:I'm old, and if I can avoid walking all the way off stage, waiting for you all to applaud for…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
Jay-Z is smarter than Cornel West
Published: Thu, 07/10/25
Updated: Fri, 07/11/25
There are lots of responses to the old commonplace that "money isn't everything," but I'm somewhat fond of Jay-Z's: "I can't help the poor if I'm one…
Hype
Published: Wed, 07/09/25
Updated: Sat, 07/12/25
Some things are overhyped: they take place, and they're a letdown after all the buildup. We can all think of e amples. My friends, here is the rare…
Mountains of garbage
Published: Mon, 07/07/25
Updated: Fri, 07/11/25
You may have heard about the garbageman strike in Philadelphia. Two years ago my wife and I visited Scotland, and on our way to our Edinburgh hotel…
Don't make Grandpa smack you in the head
Published: Sat, 07/05/25
Updated: Sat, 07/05/25
I'm Gen X, not a Boomer, but after reading this email you won't be so sure. My friend, we've gotten soft. I don't mean in the sense of: in my day we…
I cannot do this
Published: Thu, 07/03/25
Updated: Thu, 07/03/25
What I told my personal trainer. You didn't realize you'd occasionally be getting lessons from the gym travails of a middle-aged man, but here we are.
I love it but you hate it: what could it be?
Published: Wed, 07/02/25
Updated: Wed, 07/02/25
It's a riddle. After my wife, my kids, and my closest friends, the person who knows me better than anyone in the world is my personal trainer, because…
Woods and the Pride parade
Published: Mon, 06/30/25
Updated: Tue, 07/01/25
Well, we just held our most recent meeting of my Elite Mastermind in Seattle, during Pride month, the weekend of a parade. My dear friends, I shall…
The case of the missing hen
Published: Fri, 06/27/25
Updated: Fri, 06/27/25
It has a sad ending. I'm in Seattle for a meeting of my Elite Mastermind (we meet in a different city each time), and last night I was reminded of the…
Woods and the drunken idiot
Published: Mon, 06/23/25
Updated: Tue, 06/24/25
Saturday night I went to see Lou Gramm, the voice of Foreigner, perform about an hour from my home here in central Florida. Jethro Tull's Ian…