It was a prime opportunity. The company needed a new system to run the business. They knew it, they chartered it. It was the primary reason they hired me. The business was young. Most of the employees were young and hungry to learn. It afforded the opportunity to do what…

He took the job. He moved his family north. He let go of long and successful career to take on a new challenge. The larger company, a competitor made assurances, guarantees. They were growing and he was the one to grow with them. It was a big step. A new…

It built to a head. I was saddled with an old system that could not do the what the business wanted. It was a recurring theme that I’ve seen and encountered many times in my career. The other department heads were clamoring, frustrated, accusatory. I didn’t know of another way…

Patrick Rothfuss was very active on YouTube. I don’t know if that helped him get the word out about his book, but it certainly didn’t hurt. I am always on the lookout for a “doorstop” fantasy book. I like ’em big and thick. I read the articles that talked about…

I loved the Conan books. I was the perfect age when I encountered them. To this day, one of my most prized possessions are my collection of Conan books with the Frank Frazetta art on them. I think there is only one out of that series that I never found…

They got lucky. They joined on with the guy when he just had a dream and a garage. They felt like they had won the lottery. They felt like the company was as much theirs as his. The company grew by leaps and bounds. Warehouses and stores grew up across…

It lived a long time in my head. The idea started with a single image, a single vignette back on a hot summer day, in an un-air-conditioned sublet house off-campus, between my freshman and sophomore years of college. There are only a handful of things I remember from that time…

She had spent 38 years at the company. Retirement was on the horizon, her next great adventure. She was smart, reliable, loyal. The company offered a great pension. Just a few more years and she should begin to enjoy her hard-earned retirement. The company struck out in a bold new…

Did you see the trailer for the new Willow series on Disney + ? I could tell from the production quality that it would be visually impressive and immersive. The narrative philosophy tying the images together was familiar fare. Light and dark and the universe always moving towards balance. That…