Junkyard Planet
Despite the title of this blog, I did not grow up in an actual junkyard. It’s might be splitting hairs, but my family owned automotive dismantling centers (or simply wrecking yards). To most folks it…
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Support the Boring this Holiday Season
“….in this age of elites who delight in such phrases as “out of the box” and “killer app”, arguably the most coveted status symbol isn’t a yacht, a racehorse, or a knighthood; it’s a philanthropic…
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Shopping to Make a Difference
So the crazy shopping season is about to begin — or maybe it already has for some of you. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday and all the rest just around the corner, I wanted…
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Goble Properties Giving Fund
We’re doing something new at Goble Properties this year. It should be fun to see how this works because it could be a dynamic way to engage people this holiday season. Below is the email…
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Say This Prayer Into the Past
When I think of my friend Paul Willis I think of a person with a gentle soul. But at the same time I think of a person with a wise soul, a man of depth…
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David and Goliath
When I was growing up one of my favorite Biblical stories was David and Goliath. Okay, so it didn’t work out so well for Goliath or the Philistines. But it’s a story a kid can understand…
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What Not to do Before Taking a Vacation
I’ve been home from vacation for a couple of weeks now, and I am pretty much caught up at work. Thankfully there are no big surprises. That hasn’t always been the case. The most difficult…
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Empty Mansions, by Paul Clark Newell and Bill Dedman
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune is one of those books written for a reader like me. A lover of history, curious about the ethics…