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When I first joined LinkedIn, it was difficult to find anyone who had a LinkedIn account. This is similar to what must have happened when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. It must have been exciting to own the first phone in your neighborhood, but who in the heck were you going to call? Now…
(Love your Mom… while you can.) My daughter, Melanie, works at the Alys Stephens Center. On the nights she works late, my wife and I watch our two grandchildren–four-year old Hayden and two year-old, Aly. Tuesday night was one of those baby-sitting evenings. As I walked Hayden upstairs to go to sleep, suddenly the…
My dad died suddenly at 54. My mother’s father passed away at 49. My father’s father died at 65. Staying alive has always been one of my top priorities.
My wife, Ina-Mae, a lifelong educator, has worked in the Birmingham School System most of her adult life. Many years ago she asked a middle school student to answer the question, “What planet do you live on?” The child responded, “Woodlawn.” I was amazed that a twelve-year-old had been unable able to differentiate his neighborhood…
What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? I found an ordinary man who discovered the answer. I had just finished making a presentation to an MBA class at UAB when I mentioned to the professor, Dr. Allen Johnston, that I really missed Mickey. Mickey Gee, who recently passed away, was the…
Four guys are standing on a street corner; an American, a Russian, a Chinese man, and an Israeli. A reporter comes up to the group and says, “Excuse me, what’s your opinion on the meat shortage?” The American says, “What’s a shortage?” The Russian says, “What’s meat?”
We’re doing some work on our house and we had the usual cast of handymen stopping by. I was engaging in some small talk with one of these guys and he was griping about the economy. He said “Grocery and gasoline prices are going through the roof—and it’s killing me.” I agreed but told him…