The Scales of Decision Making

The image to your left is of the Scales of Justice, which typically symbolizes the measure of a case’s support and opposition (at least that’s how I understand it and as Wikipedia describes it). Starting in my college days (when I thought I was going to be a lawyer), whenever I was making a decision […]

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What is Your Nickname?

I was at a childhood friend, Gene Schepici’s, wedding recently; it was a great chance to reconnect with folks I had not seen in a while. The groom’s cousin, Jimmy Ciampa, and I struck up a conversation with Gene’s Uncle Frank and Jorge Torres, a long time bud with whom Gene and I played Little […]

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Don’t Spike the Ball on the Five Yard Line

Your favorite football team, whomever that may be (mine is the New England Patriots if you didn’t already know), plays on Sunday afternoons, takes the field and tries to score touchdowns, while preventing the opposition from doing the same. When the team takes possession on offense and attempts to drive down the field, and there […]

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