When I was a young English schoolboy, we used to play a game called “Follow the Leader.” Did you play that here as a kid? The basic premise of the schoolyard game was that one person was designated the leader, and everyone else fell into their...
Author - Paul Butler, Signal Business Contributor
Many people don’t finish the books they start reading. On my business travels, people ask me what our company does and when I tell them, it’s quite common to...
It’s my birthday today. A few years back, I wrote up a list inspired by The Beatles song of the same name and headed it: “When I’m 64.” I still have a good few...
Last weekend was rather sad for us. We moved from a house we’ve lived in for nearly 14 years. Our children essentially grew up in that house and, now that...
One of the many aspects of living in California, which my wife and I enjoy, is the cultural diversity of this beautiful state.
I had mixed feelings last week when I read an article in our local newspaper about the city I live in — Santa Clarita, California. According to Kempler...
Last week my father-in-law, Trevor Frederick Orme, passed away and, at age 83 and having known him for 28 years, I have a lot of memories of him. As my wife...
When I was a kid, one of my best friends, Mitch, said I’d be a good salesman because I could: “Talk the hind legs off a donkey.” I guess what Mitch was...
Kevin is a writer and he writes from home. Hang on, that’s not completely true. Kevin has to travel a lot for his writing job, so when he travels he writes...
I often say: “I’m no psychologist — I’m a recovering accountant” but there are some aspects of human behavior I simply don’t understand. I seem to find...
