Archive for December, 2008

There Needs to be a Meter for Meters

I like to check the Internet for things. Sometimes, just to see how many pages come up for something. For example, I looked up flow meters and found on Google that there were about 416,000 pages for them. When I search the term as one word, there were 910,000. Of course, I didn’t view them [...]

Our Sales Need to Improve

Our company is one of many affected by this downward turn in the economy.  However, we are taking this opportunity to find what we can do to improve our results and run in a more cost effective manner.  Our biggest expenditure is our call center operations.  Although our call centers are also the most important [...]

Serendipity

While walking down the street with the The Washington Post under my arm and a hot dog in my hand I passed several businesses including a New York City pawn shop.  I have probably passed this store more than one hundred times so why it caught my attention on this occasion I will never quite [...]

Will Obama Bring Change?

I’ve been really excited about Barack Obama taking office in January.  We definitely need change in our nation, and one of the areas where I think we need it most is in encouraging alternative forms of energy.
One form of energy that I don’t think gets enough attention is residential solar power.  Solar power is a [...]

Kids Will Be Kids

I come from a very proud and religious family.  My father is a prominent financier and my mother sits on the board of several large nonprofit organizations.  We’ve always been active members of our church and we regularly donate money to a number of charities. 
My little sister is a bit wild.  I guess you could [...]