Cutting to the Chase
I visited a new salon for a haircut, since my old salon nearly killed me with a hair dryer. At the new place, I made the appointment with the owner.…
This Is Only For Those Who Are Reading This
Some guy wrote to tell me that my blog doesn’t draw as many people as it should because I don’t do whatever it was he suggested I do and write…
The Weight of Political Correctness
This is from reader Doug MacKenzie and demonstrates the bizarre edge we teeter on with people who believe they’re on some higher moral plane: “Alan—hope you are enjoying summer. I…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/13/18
Some time ago, a beautiful supermodel was on a morning talk show hawking a cosmetic line. She mentioned “foundation” which I’m thinking is a sort of base covering, and said,…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/20/18
The rabbits have returned to Nantucket (many were killed by poison intended to kill ticks). Some mornings they’re outside the house, some mornings they’re not. I never understood their schedule,…
Do We Need Awards Shows At All?
The Emmys last night proved to be still another snooze fest, with two dullards from Saturday Night live hosting in an apparent attempt to demonstrate that being funny is not…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/24/18
A couple of years ago, I tried to organize one of my elite events in Marrakech. A minority of the attendees refused to go, telling me it was “too dangerous.”…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/01/18
We look back, somewhat embarrassed at our pasts: haircuts, fashions, entertainment, behaviors. We ask ourselves, “What were we thinking?” Disco? Folk songs? Tail fins on cars? Peace signs? Pinky rings?…
Athiestic Religious Fervor
I believe people are free to believe in God or not believe in God in myriad ways. What confounds me is the religious zealotry of some of the athiests, however,…
Cape May Journal
Saturday, July 14 Like great white herons migrating to ancestral homes in Patagonia, Maria and I are making our annual pilgrimage to the Jersey Shore (other states have beaches, Jersey…