I knew I’d have no chance If I asked that girl to dance And I knew without a doubt I’d never win the boxing bout. No chance I’d be elected. I might as well have defected And what a silly notion If I tried for that promotion But before I kick the bucket Why not […]
My brain gets oh so fuzzy With a drink then I get buzzy I find myself so smitten With the amazing words I’ve written. I dare not self-admonish Instead my words I find astonish Til I wake up the next day And then it seems passé. I wonder as I write this Is this just […]
Duck Pond Poem (By Kim Stachenfeld at age 5) Ducks in the duck pond, frogs there as well I don’t really blame them, it’s a nice place to dwell It seems like a nice place, although I hear them say Quack, quack, quack, quack, every quacking day
Good bye my wife I say in the morning am leaving for the day I will see you tonight come what may Good bye my daughter your first day of school Good bye my child as you go off in the world But you will be back Good bye my father and thank you for […]
A would be Kerouac I went to hit the Midwest Wondering would there I find America’s worst or best On the coasts some call them flyover states Denigrated as not with us – not our mates Ask the Times, Wash Post or other news sources They’re not worthy of us on our moral high horses […]
Let’s start with the former Opportunity Zone program, which I will refer to as OZ-1. The concept was wonderful; I mean, how could anyone argue against rich people investing in poor areas? However, there were some problems with it that limited its efficacy. First, if it was a really blighted area, investors shied away for […]
I have noticed this affliction which, in my view, seems to affect even the most intelligent and perspicacious of persons, which I call: The Bias Bias Trap To get right to it, and make it super easy, consider that you and I are arguing about something important; say, it is Climate Change. […]
Why, oh why, I say with a sigh Am I the only one left in a suit and a tie? Should it be that I claim that the reason Is cause suits and ties are always in season Or am I just a man who likes to stand out I am awfully stubborn without any […]
If there is anything in the world I know a lot about, it is real estate. It has been my life for 40 years. The Real Estate Philosopher combines my knowledge and experience in real estate with my love of thinking (philosophy). If you are in the real estate world, or thinking of going into it, […]
I wrote this one about five years ago. I don’t mean to sound humbuggish – God forbid – but it is one of the best books you will ever read about marketing and sales. I spent a ton of my life in marketing – and have been extremely successful with it; indeed, my rainmaking has […]