Why, Why, Why, Why Care?
A story was told at the METal Saturday breakfast about a brave soldier in Afghanistan who thought his time to die was at hand, along with his troops. Manning a hilltop outpost they were suddenly...
View ArticleFear, Calamity And The Republican Tea Party
I will do what I said I wouldn’t when starting this blog and write about naked politics. What compels me is fear, which I am led to believe is at the root of almost every unsettling emotion we have. I...
View ArticleManufacturing Bits On The Highway To Prosperity
Many Americans lament the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and elsewhere, fueling high U.S. unemployment and nothing for workers to do. Robert Tercek, speaking at the METal breakfast on Saturday,...
View ArticleMotivate Yourself To Be Big And Bold
I’m not sure who the first motivational speakers were. Aristotle, Plato and Socrates come to mind, though it could have been Adam & Eve’s parents. Then there was Friedrich Nietzsche who said, “That...
View ArticleTaking Beauty To A Whole New Level
When I received an invitation as a member of the press to attend the “Miss USA Homecoming for Alyssa Campanella” I quickly replied Yes! I’m not a follower of beauty pageant stuff but it gets my...
View ArticleNolan Bushnell Gaming To Educate Kids
Video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell has two ideas on how to make this world a better place. One is for Nolan to procreate and the other to educate. “I have eight children and it’s my responsibility to...
View ArticleSpray Painting Their Graffiti To Glory
Like many in Los Angeles I see graffiti as blight, or at least until today. Two world-class graffiti artists, one named Saber and his mentor Casey Zoltan, put the blight in a different light at a METal...
View ArticleRichard Gibbs: Musician, Composer, Writer On The Storm
Richard Gibbs, composer, musician and surfer exudes an electricity that, if it could write a message in the sky, might say “Let’s have fun.” Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Emergence of Compassionate Consciousness
Your thoughts will make the world a better place. It grows when a dozen people think the same, and then a hundred more. It’s the power of compassionate thinking. This ideal filled my brain when hearing...
View ArticleInnovation And The Corporate Instinct That Kills It
“Everyone has a plan, until you get punched in the face.” – Mike Tyson This quote was presented in a talk I heard from Dave Ulmer, who has a long career of creating and launching new businesses and...
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