How one three-letter word changed his life There’s a great scene in the Rocky II movie where Rocky is facing his own reluctance and lost ambition about the upcoming match against Apollo Creed, especially after Adrian, his wife, is hospitalized. He lacks moral certainty. Morality and the knowledge that you are right, that the course you have…

Somewhere between here and there is your sweet spot. It’s where you are most useful to yourself and others. It’s also a place to have a blast and lots of energetic fun. It’s your place in the sun. If you haven’t found your sweet spot yet, allow me to help. …

You do! We are the tomorrow people, who own yesterday and today. We are the doers, the planners, the dreamers who convert thoughts into things. We are the future. But what is “tomorrow,” that magic place that hopefully exists for all of us? Tomorrow doesn’t really exist until it happens. Nevertheless, tomorrow…

Out here in the middle of nowhere there’s no paper, no ink, no computers, no nothing. Only me, my dog, and the little shack we live in near the beach. I never liked fishing, but now it’s our major source of protein. Plus, I dig up clams, so we have…

It mesmerized me the first time I saw it… “Red and yellow, blue and green,” goes the prism song from long ago. It’s true. Colors are amazing things. How do they do it? No one knows, except physicists and interior decorators. (And maybe paint manufacturers.) I like colors, especially blue — a certain vibrant shade of deep velvet blue…

Editor’s note: The Nitty Gritty was a sensation in the 1960s. But what would happen to the Nitty Gritty in today? Let’s find out… It caught on in a flash — the “Nitty Gritty.” Suddenly young kids, teenagers, parents, even Grandma and Grampa were doing it. Wasn’t hard to learn. …

I was seated at the most coveted spot in the restaurant. Soon, I found out why. It was the most sought-after spot in the most exclusive restaurant in the city. No one sat at table #5 unless they were the biggest of big shots. Even then, they had to be really up there on the spectrum of importance, not just a local celeb. So, you can…

He could fix anything, from broken toilets to broken marriages (sometimes caused by broken toilets). He was the world’s most famous Fix-It Guy. Diplomats in the middle of tense negotiations to prevent world wars would call the Fix-It Guy if they reached an impasse. He could fix anything. But one…

People paid him megabucks for his ideas He was the Idea Man. People came to him for ideas they could use to do what they wanted to do or get what they wanted to get. Even if they didn’t know what they wanted to do, he’d give them ideas to find out. He was expensive but worth…