I just finished Netflix’s first season about Mehmet II. He’s famous for having conquered Constantinople and was the man who renamed it Istanbul. I remember learning about him in school, but the details were fuzzy, and it was enjoyable to watch something that I was somewhat familiar with, but not overly. As I watched, I…

One of the challenges I’ve had in life is with depression. Though I often think it’s not really my challenge, it’s simply the outcome of a stone age mind and body trying to live in a modern world. I know that most of my episodes have followed traumas. Death, divorce, and job loss. Those are…

Reading the headlines, it would appear that Corporate America hired too many folks for headquarters. From Facebook to Amazon, layoffs are rampant. So how did we get to this point? How does a company hire 17,000 people that it doesn’t need? Hell if I know. But what I do know is that it starts at…

I first heard this almost 3 decades ago, and while some of the references are dated, I don’t believe it’s any less meaningful. Perhaps in fact, the truth of the sentiment has been part of what has killed the celebration of Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s not quite dead for all, but where it once was a…

Nod to Tiffany and simpler though no less horrifying times (1). It seems the world has been on the brink of disaster every moment of our lives. Ozone holes, WWIII, and now the biggest and baddest of all boogeymen, climate change, has finally come to roost. Oh, and of course our leaders are setting us…