The Fog of Life
I’m looking toward the breakers about 200 yards away. But I can’t see the beach or even the water because of the fog. Last night on the boardwalk at Wildwood…
Iceland the Myth
Trigger Warning to those in Ivy League schools: This might mess with your preconceptions of things you've never experienced. There are about 330,000 people in Iceland (Rhode Island, by comparison,…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/19/25
There were 67,000 pedestrians injured by vehicles last year, and another 7,500 deaths. That's an 11% increase over the prior year. Saturday evening my wife and I were driving from church to…
Guest Column: Blind Spot in the LBJ White House
A guest column: Blind Spot in The LBJ White House by Aviv Shahar Unlike conspiracy theories you can do nothing about, there is much you can do to disarm a…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/03/2023
We’re in Paris for some work and play. We’ve been here before, but not for many years. Notre Dame is being rebuilt after the terrible fire. They hope to have…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/12/2023
Depending on when you were born, you might recall an appliance or tool that lasted for a very long time, perhaps from when you were young until you left the…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/24/2022
A little over a year ago we bought a Toyota pickup truck to haul the dogs and animal food around. Every animal on our property seems to love turkey…
Kathy Kingston in Auctioneering Contest
Kathy Kingston is in my coaching community and is probably the best fund-raising auctioneer in the country. Here's a press release she sent out with her next competition: Alan— thought…