Don’t Forget the Human Factor

Don’t Forget the Human Factor

It’s late afternoon on Wednesday, January 25, 2025, and I’m heading towards BWI airport after a very important meeting in Gaithersburg, MD.  Lisa, myself, and our good friend Kate did some strategic planning for my company and now I’m driving back.  The plan is to...
Lessons Learned in Fairbanks, Alaska

Lessons Learned in Fairbanks, Alaska

“What does your calendar look like for February 21st through the 25th?” Barb has just asked me a loaded question.  If I say I’m free, then there’s no excuse for me not wanting to do whatever she’s asking. “Why do you ask? “Just answer my question.” I look at the...
A Story About You and Your Cigarette

A Story About You and Your Cigarette

“I’ll tell you a story you’ll never forget…. a story about you…. and your cigarette” It’s 2008 and my daughter Allison, all of six years old, giggles uncontrollably as my dad sings that line as sort of a sea-shanty tune in ¾ time.  I remember it well.  He sang the...
Time to Give a Luck

Time to Give a Luck

It’s early Friday evening on July 13, 2012, and I’m at an airport bar at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Outspoken Vice President Joe Biden has publicly called out LaGuardia as “third world.”  He’s not wrong.  This place is a dated, crowded, dirty, depressing dump of...
What I Miss About COVID

What I Miss About COVID

It’s the Fall of 2019 and I’m on one last road trip before the end of the year.  As I’m standing in the TSA line at BNA, a thought crosses my mind. What will I do when I stop traveling and lose all my precious status? As of now, I’m TSA Pre-Check along with CLEAR.  I...