Monthly Archives: November 2012

Just what the limping Philadelphia sports scene didn’t need.  Carlos “Chooch” Ruiz, the lunch-pail catcher, stalwart of the Philadelphia Phillies lineup, anchor to the pitching staff has tested positive for amphetamines and has been suspended for the first 25 games of … Continue reading →

Nobody won the $325 mill jackpot last night, so the the mania escalates for this Wednesday night’s Powerball.  Next drawing is Wednesday night, for an estimated $425 mill, its largest pot in history, eclipsing the record $365 mill awarded in … Continue reading →

In preparing a post for my professional blog, I came across the interesting fact that futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were classmates of the 1977 graduating class at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.  Kurzweil … Continue reading →

Black Friday.  Mob Mentality.  Competitive sport of shopping turned into a war zone of sorts replete with tales of survival and post-trauma stress disorder.  One hears the same complaints every year – not enough security; bait and switch ads; insufficient … Continue reading →

Larry Hagman died yesterday, a one-of-a-kind TV star according to his co-star of the ’60s, Barbara Eden.  Many middle-aged fans will mourn Hagman’s passing, and pop culture is still imprinted with the villainous oilman character that he portrayed – J.R. … Continue reading →

Nice news that Zach Collier was added to the Phillies 40 man roster, almost guaranteeing that we’ll see him in early spring training.  Collier looked impressive, as I blogged about a couple of weeks ago, and the Phils’ brass has … Continue reading →

He left his heart in San Francisco …  but discovered art all around the world.  You probably know him as the singer, Tony Bennett, but he has become deservedly renowned as the artist, Benedetto.  I have a coffee table book … Continue reading →

Not Reading, as in book, but Reading, as in Pennsylvania.  Home of the Philadelphia Phillies double-A minor league ballclub.  Really, what are they thinking? Somebody thought the club, known as the Reading Phillies or R-Phils since 1967, needed a re-branding.  … Continue reading →

Nice article by Nassim Nicolas Taleb on the front page of the Review section in this weekend’s WSJ.  Learning to Love Volatility is reminiscent of the title of Tom Peters’ iconic management book, Thriving on Chaos.  Taleb has been talking … Continue reading →