On Saturday night, Charlie and I attended the Styx concert in Mansfield, Massachusetts. REO Speedwagon and Don Felder of The Eagles opened the show. It was the third Styx show…

I received an email last week from a person who essentially asked, "I'd love to have your career as a storyteller and consultant. Can you tell me how?" I receive…

Soundslice is a company that digitizes music from photographs. A few months ago, they started noticing that users were uploading screenshots of ASCII tablature — a bare-bones way of notating…

Elysha and I visited the John Singer Sargent exhibit at The Met during our anniversary jaunt to New York City last week. I don't typically like portraits very much, and…

I was walking with a client to a restaurant for dinner when she pointed at a large, grassy field in the park and said, "I love this green space." "You…

Over the past month, I've written about some unfortunate customer service situations related to hotels. One involving a Hilton in Miami. The other involves the Holiday Inn Express in Newington.…

Yesterday, Elysha and I celebrated 19 years of marriage by taking a two-day getaway to New York City. Clara is entering week three of her time at camp in Vermont,…

A month ago, one of my former students, for whom English is a second (and brand new) language, said: "Mr. Dicks, you look like a hippo." I opened my mouth…

Del Monte Foods, the 138-year-old company best known for its canned fruits and vegetables, has filed for bankruptcy and is looking for a buyer. I'm hoping they find one soon.…

Major League Baseball commissioner Paul Manfred has revoked the permanent ineligibility of banned baseball players upon death, meaning that these deceased players are now potentially eligible to enter Cooperstown in…