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Non-communication
Most people I know are either good communicators or at least have an understandable pattern in their response to an inquiry. Occasionally, an exemplary individual lapses into a mode of non-communication. In trying to figure out the reason for this non-communication, below I have listed a baker’s dozen of possibilities in alphabetical order: Embarrassment Family […]
Personality and Process Profile
On Wall Street, I was a partner in a relatively small, but highly regarded, money management and institutional research firm. In December of 2022, the founder and managing partner passed away at the age of 96. My last lunch with him was shortly before the onset of the pandemic. We ate in his office; he […]
Immigration Compilation
For more than a quarter-century, I have assisted young people on their higher education journey. Around 85% have been Hispanic. It quite naturally follows that the subject of immigration is not foreign to me, quite the contrary. At times (many years back), I have written essays on the subject, often underlining the demographic changes which […]
Kalvin Salinas
For a quarter-century, I have been baffled by the quixotic communication pattern of people in all walks of life, representatives of every income and ethnic and religious category. What is with them, not having the time or courtesy for a simple e-mail requiring at most sixty seconds to answer a question? And what is there […]
Dr. Z.
Having fun at a dental office: meet Dr. Zoltek and her exemplary staff Whoa – do not misinterpret – this is not fun derived from mindless run-throughs of Tik-Tok clips or Instagram inanities. To the contrary, this is extremely high quality dentistry delivered in an atmosphere of camaraderie that in my experience is unique in […]
Cannot Buy It
This is an essay about what you cannot buy at a store or anyplace else. Faith Hurtado (14) and Bob Howitt (considerably older) wrote alternating sentences about the capitalized words. RESPECT can’t be bought but is earned and not always deserved. Nobody can buy PASSION because it is something that is within a person. ANIMALS, although […]
LOVE
“Let’s have lunch at Brewpub.” When a woman who loves you makes a restaurant suggestion, you oblige without hesitation. It does not matter whether you have driven three miles or three hundred to reconnect after a lengthy period of being out of touch. So we got in my car and drove the five minutes to […]
Portals and Moral Injury
Portals and Moral Injury It was inevitable. When my local physical therapy company was sold to MegaTherapy, Inc., the first order of business was a requirement that I fill out a patient portal. So now I will vent. Could somebody demonstrate how the corporatization of healthcare, here represented by information portals, has contributed to patients […]
My Convoluted Mind:
serious, trivial, comical, sarcastic … and in no order whatsoever! *President Biden can shrug off kids being slaughtered, saying “I can’t do anything about it.” Meantime he is attempting to cancel student debt by using his executive authority. *Is it fair that snow should be white, completely absent of diversity? *Will the United States Constitution […]
2022 Birthday Cards
This is a compilation of my monthly Birthday Cards in 2022. The various boxed designs have been deleted and the verbiage has all been made flush left for consistency. Differences in fonts remain. Each was originally signed, “Peace, Bob.” JANUARY: Other than Three Kings Day, what jumps out about this opening month of the year? […]