A quick reminder that when it comes to social media: No one is watching as much as you think. Also, everything is temporary and utterly impermanent. The photo you struggled…

At a recent Patriots tailgate, my friend Shep described me as being built like a mailbox. "You know," he said. "Like one of those big, blue post office boxes. A…

Many bands re-master their albums to improve sound quality, optimize for new formats, and sell the same album again. Green Day has done the opposite for their groundbreaking 1994 album…

This morning, I will serve as the minister at a church in Hartford. It will be the sixth time I have worked as a substitute minister—in six different churches. It…

You rarely get to witness someone's journey from humble beginnings to their crowning achievement. I had the honor and privilege of witnessing it last night. I met Jeni Bonaldo in…

Here are a couple of math facts that not everyone apparently understands. If you do, forgive me. I'm not implying this is groundbreaking mathematics. Percentages (and ratios) are reversible This…

A colleague asked me, "How was your long weekend?" "I feel like I need another day to recover," I said. Then, after a moment, I added, "Just how I like…

Last month, I wrote about the importance of regulation and my fundamental distrust of businesses choosing to do the right thing because market forces demand it. It turns out that…

The plan was to attend the Patriots game on Sunday with Elysha, but when I awoke that morning, the forecast called for temperatures in the low 50s and a change…

After almost 36 years, I finally completed my Eagle Scout project on Saturday. Almost certainly a world record in terms of how long it took someone to complete an Eagle…