ArchiveNovember 2025

Two weeks shy of my 50th birthday, I learned a key piece of information that would have been REALLY beneficial to know in my youth. I will now share this with you. You’re welcome. Your Temperature For those of you who are about my age (1971 vintage), you know that taking your temperature as a kid was a different kind of experience than it is today. Modern instrumentation allows us to swipe a...

A representative from Discover Card called me one afternoon a few years ago. Not a sales call. “Hello Mr. Jones. I’m calling from the Discover Card fraud protection unit. Did you make a $702 purchase on Walmart.com in the last 30 minutes?” We had not. Fortunately, Discover had declined the fraudulent charge from the outset because it was suspicious. Clever technology. Good customer service. This...