Luggage is My Life

I've got a Canadian college boasting

Breaking the national habit of humility. I'm so proud.

Give me a break, Mr. J.

Every time your actions asked you, "Stop being selfish," you answered, "Not ready."

We are not the sum of our actions. We are the sum of our selfish moments. Which can extend to lifetimes.

Life in this lane

What book MOST helped you?

LinkedIn Group: Readers of The Nonprofit Quarterly
Discussion: As a nonprofit leader, what book has helped you the most understand how to succeed in your role?

'I agree there are terrific books out there to help with our organizations, but to ensure that we are using "best practices" two of the best are Strategic Fund Development by Simone Joyaux and Keep Your Donors by Simone Joyaux & Tom Ahern. These are bibles for me.'

Simone is the Old Testament. I am the New Testament.

Try as I might....

....I just can't imagine Romney winning over an incumbent who saved the economy from a 1929-style implosion. Unless we really want to be zombies and embrace the horror, why would we interrupt 4 years of steady economic restoration? Every economist says this is going take 10 years to resolve. I don't think this country wants to keep jabbing the reset button every four years, hoping for all cherries. Or maybe we do. We love the slots.

Preparing "Frieda's Beef Stew" for Connie and Terry, on an unseasonally cold night. A good one-pot dish from my favorite cookbook. Served with oven-roasted asparagus. And a "by the book" Tom Collins, with fresh squeezed lemon juice. Tom is Terry's favorite mixed drink. There will be no scurvy among this crew after tonight. I learned from Terry, the international earthquake expert, that, YES, in fact, fracking DOES cause earthquakes. No debate among geologists; they've known that since the 1960s, when the first experiments were run. Fracking causes earthquakes both easily and predictably. I learned that Connie could not bring herself to smother her mother with a pillow, even though her mother desperately wanted to die.

The Soap Wars have started

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Dear Canadian Friends: Where should we move in Canada?

We need to fly easily to Paris frequently. We like art. We'll need good hospitals. Good quality of life. -- Tom & Simone

We need...

...pitiless criticism. It saves time. I am reading Steve Jobs' biography, so you probably know why I feel this way right now.