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The Importance of Balance

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Blogging itself is a good example of this point; I find myself accumulating ideas and forgetting them, then in a burst composing several and interacting with others’ in a short period of time before going quiet for months. This intensity of effort comes at the expense of so much else. Far better to find a […]

The Importance of Balance

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Blogging itself is a good example of this point; I find myself accumulating ideas and forgetting them, then in a burst composing several and interacting with others’ in a short period of time before going quiet for months. This intensity of effort comes at the expense of so much else. Far better to find a […]

A Summer Trip

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

I just returned from my long-anticipated trip to the UK to visit my mother. She has been suffering from late-stage secondary cancer for well over six months, and gave up on chemotherapy that was not working three months ago. The first stage of the trip was a few days at my childhood home, and the […]

Building a Brand

Friday, June 29th, 2007

I left BellSouth eighteen months ago, and after six months playing games and thinking about my future, decided it was time to work again. I had had decided to give consulting a go and built a website for my company, finanSight, a clever corruption (I thought) of ‘finance’ and ‘insight’ that characterized what I wanted […]

Backspace

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

I have just experienced the most wonderful affair at the Backspace Writer’s Conference in New York. It was small enough to be intimate, but large enough to have a meaningful number of agents and substantial program. I was particularly impressed with the two keynote speakers, thriller writer David Morrell and the nearest thing the […]

The New Feudalism

Monday, January 8th, 2007

I was reminded by Doug Bulleit today of one of my recurring reflections that is perennially unpopular (but with which Doug largely agrees): I believe that inheritence tax should be set at 100%.
OK, perhaps there should be a few carve outs, such as the ability for surviving spouse and pre-majority offspring to be looked after, […]

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