Category: general

I like the way Seth Godin thinks, and holy crap did he ever nail this one right on the head. How many times have you set your hopes on something that was possible, but not necessarily likely? Of those times where your hopes were answered, would you give them up for anything? Probably not. Here’s […]

I’m sorry, Rafael is full of shit. His story changes from “I’ve never done steroids, period” to “I never knowingly took steroids”. Give me a break. Remember a certain sprinter who claimed someone put steroids in his water? Palmeiro is alluding to the same kind of thing now, although I’m sure the story will be […]

Two months to go. Lookin’ good!!!

My flight from New York (well, Newark) didn’t leave until 8:35 on Friday, so I took the opportunity to visit with Walt, Lee, Zoe, their new arrival, and Lee’s dad as an extra bonus. Jake is a hoss, and you can already see that he and Zoe are going to look an awful lot alike. […]

I was back in New York for some client meetings, and had some down time across the Hudson while waiting for a ride. I was sitting at the ferry terminal (well, let’s be serious, it was a dock), and had an angle on Manhattan which struck a chord. I’ll leave the interpretation up to you, […]

And in this corner, wearing the black trunks and weighing in at nine pounds, seven ounces, please welcome, the new arrival, the wonder of wonders, Zoe’s new champeeen… Jacob… Fry… Trotta!!! Jacob entered the world on Bastille Day at 16:50 eastern, and joins his big sister Zoe in one of the coolest families on the […]

I’ve travelled a lot over the past decade, but I can’t recall ever being in a situation like this before. I had a later flight from Toronto to Ottawa, and we arrived at around 23:30 to thunderstorms. The airport uses a lightning sensor (which measures localised static electricity) and, when it hits a certain point, […]

I think Fark sums it up best – “Tentative NHL labor deal reached. Tens of fans overjoyed”. Good luck players and owners, you’ll need it after a year of showing everyone just how much you really cared about the game. I know I won’t spend a dime on tickets, parking, satellite packages, concession stands, or […]

My dad’s an interesting guy, despite what I may say about him from time-to-time 😉 His education and passion is military history (he has several thousand books on the subject), and he’s been active with one group or another for as long as I’ve known him. He’s not a warmonger, he’s an educator, and his […]

For those of you with a deadsquid.com web site, you may notice that your stats look a little different. I finally got around to upgrading Analog to version 6. It’s the first real change to the look of the stats pages in a very, very long time, and I like it. As always, if you […]