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Along the road south during our vacation, the NFO and I were teaching the kids new vocabulary words. I don’t know why, but I some point, ...

Image via CrunchBase One of the things that I couldn’t reconcile was whether or not it was ultimately a good thing or not to have our...

One trick I’ve picked up in trying to get people talking is to ask yourself “what kind of extreme situation would this person know about tha...

When you share a room with your kids for a few nights on a family vacation, you get to see some little things that you might otherwise miss…...

Of the 3 days on our winter vacation and the numerous places we visited, the NFO and I thought that the one which gave our kids the best se...

Cover via Amazon I wrote about how I was afraid of making bad purchases on my Kindle . No more. They have a super smart and GREAT...

You may recall that one of the areas I was trying to work on with Tonka was to help her get over what I considered to be an unacceptably hig...

We took the kids to southern Virginia (Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Charlottesville) during the Winter Break and though we had taken them on...

Image via Wikipedia The NFO goes EVERY single week to the Costco in Beltsville, MD. It is located on Maryland Route 1 about 1.5 miles...

When I started Never Stop Marketing about 3.5 years ago my intention was to create a beautiful link between the type of marketer I wante...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife One thing we’ve been working on with Paco is how to be a good sport. He’s VERY competitive (won...

Perhaps I harbor a naïve belief that companies can be a force for good. I hope that you can be socially responsible and profitable and avoi...

I’ve long wondered if the idea of “everyone should go to college” is becoming doctrine and no longer based in reality. Sure, the credential...

Recent things said by Nadia (3.5) “Remember when you were in China and we Skyped you on the iPad.” Upon getting in the car and hear...

This one brought me to tears. I went to NYC…just for one day. Nothing compared to most trips. But, when I came back, Paco handed me this...

So, we (well, I ) went ahead with the installation of solar panels on the roof. It t ook about 3 days when all was said and done. If you a...

Sometimes adhering to my travel philosophy of “do something unique to that location” can be a challenge. I arrived in Munich on a Monday m...

Before moving to the DC area, I lived in three places: Germany, Japan, and New York City. Over the course of December, in three successive...

Why we should get rid of it. HT Dan Pink

I love my Kindle, but I find that I'm actually MORE cautious about buying books now b/c of it. In the past, if I bought a book and did...