Do you think the characters in science fiction movies are all make believe?  Like cyborgs and robocops and transformers and megazilla?   Well think again.  

In an age where we, the American consumer, expect great service from every company we deal with there is one shining example of a company where their customer service standards are horrible. It's behaviours show that it could care less about being liked or respected. And people use them all the time.  

Do you have an appetite for risk?Risk can take many forms: physical, financial, social, emotional, intellectual, creative, legal and (feel free to add more to fill in the blank). As one who espouses a "Dare to be great" philosophy I have taken risks in my career, but as I mature my wife perceives a growing tendancy towards risk aversion. Maybe I've had my fill of risky business. Do you walk the tight rope without a net?

I heard that the weather was abnormally cool in New York for the Memorial Day weekend. We were in Prague and the weather was about the same --- the coldest weather that they have had at this time of year in fifty years. And it rained.  

It was a simple proposition that I generated from a variety of thoughts.  

Driving around my neighborhood on Memorial Day, I made the following observation. My house was the only one displaying the American flag. A little disconcerting.

I was asked to discuss at a meeting  this week, how the South Shore was doing six months after Sandy. I talked about many of the businesses that still haven’t come back. I also spoke about all the homes that still haven’t or are just beginning to undergo construction.  

This topic is inspired by Fred's post on "Failure."  It is the urge, or obsession, that everything has to be just right.