My daughter, Mea, is getting married on Saturday. The wedding is in Seattle and the weather forecast, at last check, doesn't include rain. A good omen. It's a good thing that the wedding is in Seattle, because I'm going to need a nice long plane flight to think about what to tell my daughter and new son-in-law. What words of advice (dare I say "wisdom"?) do I give these young adults starting their life together?   As I said, it's a good thing it's a long flight.

Earlier in the week, Rona brought up something that I have had on my mind for quite some time.  While I was glad that someone else other than myself had noticed the same "effect", I disagree with Rona on the cause.  While Rona correlated the decline with the new web site, I feel that the quality of the blogs and the interest level shown goes back further than that.  I believe that the cause was the pressure applied by a vocal few towards the current "bloglet" format.   

In a few weeks, I am leading a meeting where the topic is as follows – “what new technology, software or hardware, are you using that has made life – business or personal – just a little bit easier.”

I have noticed an interesting phenomena; since we have switched to the new web site our blogs, mine included, have gotten noticeably shorter. Do you think it has something to do with the new format or have we learned to say what’s on our minds a lot more efficiently?

It has been a long time since I was hooked on a TV show.  The last time I watched as religiously was Hill Street Blues, a long time ago.  Now, 30 years later, it is Game of Thrones.  

Kiplinger magazine compiled the 10 cheapest places to live in the US and guess what? None of them were in the Northeast! It's no surprise that they are all in the South and South west. Here they are...

Last Friday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick took the unprecedented decision to shut down all of Boston and its near environs. The shut down was coined "Shelter in place" and intended to facilitate the massive manhunt for the "White Hat" bomber. However, as the hours ticked by and there was no capture, the political and practical pressure must have become intolerable. Obviously, a major city of millions just can not be required to stay cooped up forever.