This is the cafe where we began our day. The poem is Jerusalem by William Blake. Brittington chose this place because they serve a traditional Full English Breakfast.

Daniel Whittington, Sean McNally, Tom Grimes, and Jeffrey Eisenberg during the annual walkabout of the Worthless Bastards. Sean McNally of Tybee Island, Georgia was the newly inducted member selected by Tom, President Plenipotentiary of the Worldwide Worthless Bastards.

See what I mean? @twisteddoodles is awesome. In case you were curious – and I know you were – her real name is Maria Boyle and she lives in Ireland. – Indy

I’m not sure why, but the wizard and I are attracted to comics drawn in a single line weight. @twisteddoodles does a lot of that. You should check her out. – Indy

The 1,017 acres of Golden Gate Park were designed as San Francisco’s response to Central Park in New York. (Central Park is 840 acres, in case you were wondering.) Wouldn’t it be great if more American cities had followed New York’s example? Central Park and Golden Gate Park are both lavishly adorned in fantastic public […]

The Sculpture– Sculpted in 1916 by Joseph Iacinto “Jo” Mora (1876-1947), Don Quixote and Sancho Panza kneel before a bronze bust of their creator, Cervantes. Mora was a renowned art historian, sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, mapmaker, muralist, cowboy and author. He was known as the “Renaissance Man of the West.”  It was donated to Golden Gate […]

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What is a Purchase Cycle? We eat food every day and we drive cars every day. But food purchases happen on a short purchase cycle and car purchases happen on a longer one. How often does the average citizen purchase the product or service you sell? The purchase cycle of your product determines how quickly […]

Inside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

Poobah Mitzvah Report I love this MMM because Mike and I started our Poppy and Gertie trips several years ago. For their 14th birthday, our grandkids  can choose anywhere they want in the world.  “Travel is the enemy of prejudice” (Mark Twain) has been our mantra for years.  The first, Richard, chose NYC, which was […]

Poobah Mitzvah? I did the same thing, sort of. My two kids got to go with dad on a domestic adventure of their choosing when they were 5, 10 and 15. Cassidy Kate: age 5, chose Atlanta to see Giant Pandas (she was disappointed in their relatively diminutive size)age 10, chose Hershey, PA for one […]

Roy; Loved the Monday Memo this week; sometime back more than 2 decades ago (my kids are 28, 30,32) I went through a phase where I was looking for something. My rabbit hole began in a men’s group and the men’s group led me to sweat lodges, walking across hot coals, and other native American […]

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The Joyous Newbies of the Magical Worlds Communications Workshop, Left to right: Faith Wood, Jose Martinez, Tracy Anderton, Lary Bradley, Indigo Cavazos, Brian Bush, Brandon Bush, Naomi Davis, David Gouthro, Bob Parker, Baya Voce, Davis Hill, Lisa Gough, Chris McDonald, Gretchen High, Susie Marcks, Kaylyn Zurawski, Barry Shore.

When the boys got back to the hotel, the wedding was over and photos were being taken. That was Day One. Day Two was on Catalina Island and by the time they got back, the MMMemo had already been sent. So no more photos for now. – Aroo, Indy

As Hollister and the wizard were walking to the beach, they saw this horse and carriage. “Hindu wedding?”

I promised the wizard I would post some photos. Here, he and Hollister arrived at the Long Beach Hyatt Regency and took a swim before going to bed. – Indy Beagle

Hollister looking out the window the next morning. He wants to go to the beach.

I think we may see him in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

Finally, he makes a mad dash for it.

He seems motivated…

He runs back so fast that he doesn’t sink into the water.

Hollister marches bravely into the cold waters of the Pacific

Hi Indy, I had never heard of survivorship bias, but I know you will have because you are a very smart dog. Any other examples you can think of? Cheers.Steve Rae Steve, Survivorship bias is the act of focusing on successful people, businesses, or strategies and ignoring those that failed. Wikipedia has a good page about […]

Which leads me to two things I want to share with you.  First is a simple guideline on how to be ridiculous.  Not that you don’t know how, Indy. Any dog that goes in and out of so many pictures and wears, literally, so many hats certainly knows. We just need to share the code […]

Recently, our friends at the Wizard Academy saw someone else. You’ve seen the one photo Brad Whittington took in the art gallery. The Wizard put it on the front page of his Memo a few weeks ago. Upon reflection, I thought it needed a little more staging, so I stole my way back to the […]

Fast forward. After many years, I let the beard grow again. It’s a ritual I observe when there are big life changes coming. One Monday six months ago, it happened again. Shortly after a yoga class a fellow student broke the 7am silence of packing up. He was certain that I could pass for Luke […]

In 2011, my work took me to Portland Oregon. I had put down the paintbrush years ago and found myself as a technologist working in a company founded by a genius. My job was to convince prospects that Dell would positively change their business. An affable sales executive named Jeff took me to his favorite […]

Dear Indy, In September of 1984, the movie Amadeus told the story of young genius in a deeply human way.  The next year it was nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning eight of them. The two male leads were both nominated for Best Actor. Tom Hulce portrayed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The same guy who was […]

Lippy kids on the corner again…Lippy kids on the corner begin settling like crows.Though I never perfected that simian stroll…But the cigarette senate was everything then.Do they know those days are golden?Build a rocket boys!Build a rocket boys! One long June I came down from the trees,And curbstone cool you were a freshly painted angel […]

You Will Learn to Fear Me Do not look into my eyes. Do not look into my large, cute, planet-eliminating eyes.  Do not look deep.  Please. I beg of you.  Do not look into my eyes.  For the love of all that is holy – look away.  Now.  Before it is too late. I caused the fires on Andromeda with just a look.  I […]