United Parcel Service Doesn’t Just Deliver
Over ten years ago I asked UPS to stop sending me a bill every time I requested a pick up, which was often more than once a week. They told me they could bill me once a month (28-day intervals)
Poolside
I have a huge robot that cleans our 75,000-square-foot outdoor pool. It is so sophisticated that it memorizes its path, works for six hours at a time, climbs the walls to scrub up to deck level, and can shoot down
Alan Coaches Miss Rhode Island
Some of you may recall that, among my diversified coaching work, I’ve coached Miss America and Miss Rhode Island candidates in interviewing, the most important part of the scoring system. I’m pleased to report that one of them, Ashley Bickford,
Happy Fourth of July!
These are two of the Tall Ships sailing around an island in Newport, as seen from a friend’s house. Nineteen ships total.
Business Advisory: Card Service International
I’m warning anyone who needs merchants accounts to process credit cards NOT to use Card Service International, which I once was very high on. One of their terminals broke and they sent me a new one. The new one, after
In the Shadow of the Moon
I’m on the board of trustees of the Newport International Film Festival, which just began its tenth year. Our opening night film was a documentary about the Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon. It is one of the finest
Amex Strikes Out Again
I’m a charter Amex Platinum Card owner, and the decline in its status and service as American Express includes more and more people is a situation to be avoided. Today, I attempted to send two gift cards for a hundred dollars
Honoring Those Who Have Served
On this Memorial Day in the U.S. I’d like to add my respect to the memory of those whom Lincoln described as giving “their last full measure of devotion.” Rest in Peace.
Preliminaries….
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