If you are of a certain age, you learned to play the guitar or the drums. Because we all wanted to be RockNRoll entertainers. Ok. Not really.
Continue reading Music to your ears
After what you’ve been reading in the papers and hearing on TV- and yesterday’s blog post– it should not surprise you that ½ (or more) of American citizens don’t trust the quality of their tap water. It’s why the bottled water business is so profitable. (Of course, when you consider that Pepsi and Coke sell you bottled water for the same price that they sell you pop- and pop sales require them to add in coloring and flavoring and for bottled water they don’t- you should not be surprised about that either.)
Flint. Newark. DC. Boston. Jersey City. Baltimore. And, probably every other major city in the US.
Continue reading Lincoln, Lincoln, I’ve been thinkin’…what the heck have you been drinkin’?
So, the 2015 business tax season is over. And, this was but another year that I found many clients lacked the necessary business records. Oh, sure, the IRS requires every business (incorporated or not) to maintain accurate financial records. But, regardless of what the IRS wants, every business owner should know that accurate financial records are critical for a successful business.
I remember when candidate Ronald Reagan would prance about asking “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” It was his effective mantra to become the US President.
Continue reading Economic Distress
Being an entrepreneur, I always understand the imprint that founders have on their organizations. After all, most of us consider our business ventures akin to our children. But, it’s also true that an outstanding leader also ends up establishing a decisive imprint on the company s/he leads- even if s/he were not the founder.
Continue reading We interrupt this queue…
Today is a holiday. It is the first day of Purim. (Purim means “Lots”- as in the lottery. We just didn’t really win this lottery.). My family has always celebrated Shushan Purim, the name for the second day; most Ashkenazi Jews rarely celebrate it- for them, it’s a one day holiday. The Purim holiday celebrates the ploys of Esther (also known as Hadassah), the Jewish Queen of Babylonia, and her uncle (godfather?) Mordechai.
Continue reading Where’s your costume?
Looks like the idea of using heliostat for electricity is getting worse.
When I reported on the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System last June, we were waiting for it to begin delivering 377 MW of electricity to PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) customers. The plant, which was built by Bechtel, uses more than 170,000 mirrors (that’s NOT a typo) to concentrate the sun’s energy on three (3) solar steam generators some 450 feet up in the air. That steam runs generators to produce electricity for PG&E customers.
Continue reading Solar flares?
When I wrote this post , I was hooked on the fact that Michigan- for some ridiculous reason- had managed to find its way to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. You know, March Madness. I got hooked on this because of my son. Who gave four years of his life as the basketball manager for this team- and was there when they lost the last game of the season- the NCAA Championship Game a few years ago.(Just so you know, Michigan succumbed in game 2 to Notre Dame.)
Continue reading A son’s hero.
Here, we go. It’s the heart of election season (only because we have made the primary season so long- and have it run right into the national election). Only, this time, there’s enough talk (but still no action) that maybe we- that’s you and me, folks- can goad our do-nothing Congress into doing something to back up everyone’s polemics.
Continue reading It’s time. No! It’s WAY past time!!!
