by Ken | Aug 1, 2007 | Business & Work, Everyday Life, Family & Personal
At a networking social for BNI in Fredonia, an older gentleman, upon seeing my card, asked if I knew a Jerry Stuczynski. This one connection was worth more than any business I could have gotten from the gathering. When I was little, my Dad worked in the Aerospace...
by Ken | Jul 30, 2007 | Everyday Life, Religion & Spirituality
Our organist and choirmaster, Jean Touhy, got a rewarding job offer to work at a church in Chicago. Since 2001, she worked with Merry and I as part of the “small group choir” we called The Schola Cantorum. Our last singing mass was 10am on Sunday, and we...
by Ken | Jul 24, 2007 | Everyday Life, Martial Arts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyi It’s a simple object. A backscratcher actually, with centuries of significance in Chinese culture. So why did I think it was an ancient carpeting tool all these years until a push-hands partner from China showed me otherwise?...
by Ken | Jul 19, 2007 | Everyday Life, Uncategorized
I usually don’t talk about what goes on at the apartment complex here. For those who don’t know, I manage (read “babysit”) things here and get a break on rent … a perfect arrangement as I work from a home office anyway. It really means...
by Ken | Jul 16, 2007 | Everyday Life, Family & Personal, Religion & Spirituality
I grew up with a statue of the Infant of Prague on my nightstand, which when we moved to where we live now was placed on my daughter’s nightstand. It was a little worn these last few years … a nick here, a chip there, and the loosely placed crown (on top...
by Ken | Jul 9, 2007 | Everyday Life
While snooping around the library (since the entire universe isn’t on the web just yet), I went to use the book search computer — the modern equivalent of the card catalog. In the old days, there were tiny wooden boxes full of little pieces of scrap paper...
