Renaissance 2.0
I just wanted to share this rant I had with a friend from a big snowy city. They have a big heart but they have the same attitude most people have regarding the snow/ice storms that we have been dealing with. They scoff and mock how we handle inches when they deal with feet of…
Every new year we make resolutions to change our ways. They can be things we want to do and things we want to stop doing. Most of the time, we don’t keep stick to these goals for too long. This year, I’m looking at the word resolution in a whole new way. I’m going to…
This is one of my favorite quotes. It’s one of the reasons why I decided to stop being a critic (reviewer) of startups as I did when I wrote hundreds of pieces for awesome resources like Mashable, GigaOm, Appolicious, etc. and now I’m getting into the arena myself with a new firm called Applanta where…
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions like most people because I rarely if ever achieved any of them. Well, that all changed in 2012 for some reason. I’m not really sure why I was able to stick to my goals this past year but I did it. Here’s what went…
During my evening walk this evening I smelled the smoldering embers of a neighbor’s fire in their backyard perhaps burning leaves. It immediately reminded me of the gorgeous Tuscan hillsides of my youth. Funny how some memories are connected to specific scents. It brought me back to that place and time as if it were…
Growing up on the mean streets of Newark, NJ we loved the night before Halloween even more than Halloween itself. That night is known as Mischief Night (some call it Hell Night but we liked the term Mischief because that’s what it was all about). The most important element for that evening were eggs…yes, as…
When I was a kid I used to watch/listen to New York Islander hockey games and get so nervous that I would draw to calm down. Here’s one of the drawings from an Islander vs Flyers game which would become the Stanley Cup finals showdown in 1980 when the Isles would win their first of…
Here’s a list of MY favorites things of 2009. I’ll start with new movies of 2009. These were all films that were released in 2009, not those released in other years and seen in 2009 but actually hit the theaters for the first time this year. Here’s the top box office totals for all 2009…
It’s a new year and I’ve decided to simplify my life as much as possible online and offline. I’ve launched this new blog at my own personal domain which will replace the two blogs that I was maintaining: ThePaisano.com and SeizingTheDay.net. Being able to manage ONE blog instead of two will make things much easier…
It’s a beautiful summer day in Atlanta as the kids swim with their cousins Diona and Collin. These are wonderful memories they’ll have forever. So will I.