The Scenic Route

The Scenic Route

I have made the drive between El Paso and Phoenix more times than I can count. So many, in fact, that I could probably tell you where “The Thing” billboards start, where the decent bathrooms are, and exactly which stretch of Interstate 10 seems to exist solely to...
The Tray Table Test

The Tray Table Test

I snapped a picture on a recent flight home from the Bahamas. To anyone else, it probably looked ridiculous. It was just a picture of my crossed legs in an airplane seat. Nothing special.  Nothing remarkable.  Certainly not something most people would stop and...
The Power of “And”

The Power of “And”

I got fired on a Tuesday. Not laid off. Not restructured. Not caught in some company-wide reduction in force. Fired. Even now, years later, that word still lands differently. For twenty-five years, I had built a career that most people would have considered...