I am the family historian. Over the last five years I have been pretty much able to put together the story of my family and in some case I am able to cover nine generations from a time before declaration of independence to the birth of my grandchildren. And I have collected photographs that go … Continue reading
Category Archives: About life in the last third
Japan and me, then and now
I am in Japan showing my wife Deborah this wonderful country for the first time. I have not been back to Japan since 2000 when I visited with Richard Li (I was on the board of his company PPCW at the time). It was just before the bubble burst and Richard and Massa (Son) were … Continue reading
Life 2.0
I am trying to wean myself from being a “human doing “to become a “human being” and have only had moderate success. The trouble with retirement is you no longer enjoy doing what you are good at doing but you are not good at doing what you enjoy. This makes you go back to old … Continue reading
Young Enough to be my grandson
Yesterday I had a two hour lunch with a young entrepreneur. While I am use to working with men and women young enough to be my children (like Simon and David the founders of http://www.heavy.com), this was the first time I can remember meeting with a CEO who was young enough to be my grandson. … Continue reading
Kissing Behavior
I know it is April Fools Day (it is also the first night of Passover and just 15 days to filling your taxes). But today, I learned something that really explains some kissing behavior. A male friend of mine evidently had the best kiss of his life from a lesbian friend. I heard that and … Continue reading
Twitter Vision (give me a break)
A while back, Mike Hirshland (www.vcmike.com) asked me a small group of folks to try Twitter. I tried it for a few days. Mostly Mike and I exchange important information like when we were going to go out for coffee. I did learn that Mike goes to Starbucks which I avoid (I live in the … Continue reading
We all die twice
We all die twice. The first death is the one we all know. You stop. The lights go out. They pack you up and/or wrap you up and unless you are Anna Nicole Smith, your body is disposed of in a few days (I am not going to get into whether we have a soul, … Continue reading
My life in quarter notes
In case you did not notice, today is my birthday. I am 62. On Jan. 27th, 1945 Auschwitz was liberated. It is hard for me to imagine that when I was born, Hitler was still leading Germany, the world had yet to see an atomic bomb and the computer was not yet born. Segregation was … Continue reading
The notebook computer is the new RV
My wife and I travel about three months a year. We are members of Exclusive Resorts which is company controlled by Steve Case former CEO of AOL. My main reason for joining was to sunny places to go to in the winter where I could be assured of comfort and connectivity. There are added benefits … Continue reading
Work those brains
An other important article about brain health can found on the New York Times here. I have two interests here: 1) making sure that I along with every other person that ages, can maintain our brain function and 2) it is major business opportunity. I am an advisor and small investor in Posit Science (www.positscience.com) … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 