This essay isn’t about any specific Paul.  It’s about the name Paul.  When I was in elementary school, there were Pauls in each grade and each class.  In 1964, Paul was an extremely popular name for newborn males.  1.32% of... Read More

After college, I worked for a real estate development company.  In addition to working on real estate projects, I was also involved in a bank the company owned in Florida and various investment research projects for the company owner. The... Read More

In my first book I wrote about my childhood and used the term “Norman Rockwell painting” to describe it.  Let me set the stage: my parents got married young and stayed married.  At some point, either overtly or by their... Read More

The above headline and photo are part of a “quit smoking” marketing piece utilized in the past.  The text of the piece discussed the percentage of female smokers who use smoking as a way to control their weight (almost 40% (from... Read More

When the Seinfeld show was written about, the term “the show about nothing” was often used.  In Season Four one of the storylines had Jerry and George “pitching” an idea to NBC for a TV show.  They chose to pitch... Read More