Sunday, September 21, 2014   I’m enthusiastic about receiving the new iPhone. Carole and I ordered the iPhone 6 plus, though we don’t expect to receive the phones in the mail for about another month. I’ve been using the same iPhone 4s that Carole gave me on the day that I walked out of federal […]

Saturday, September 20, 2014   A productive day always boosts my spirits. Today I wrote out a business plan for a new venture that I want to launch. I haven’t given the venture a name, and I don’t know how much I want to write about the venture online. It’s not that I’m worried that […]

Friday, September 19, 2014   Today I had a wonderful 13-mile run. These long runs come far too infrequently for me now that I’m working so much. While running today, I had my eye on my iPhone. About ten days ago I made a sizeable investment in Yahoo!, the stock. I anticipated the stock would […]

Thursday, September 18, 2014   I’m writing a great deal about raising capital. The company where I am devoting a lot of time requires tens of million of dollars in capital. This isn’t to say that the company is hurting financially. On the contrary, it has been an incredibly successful venture. Indeed, boasts an enormous […]

Wednesday, September 17, 2014   I’m still challenged with complications related to sentence. This conundrum really baffles me. I don’t understand why the system will not simply release me. Clearly, I understand that I made bad decisions as a young man. But I’m nearly 51 and more stable than anyone would expect. Since returning to […]

Tuesday, September 16, 2014   I’ve been reading a lot about alternative investments. Traditionally, people have kept a significant portion of their investment dollars in equities and another portion in bonds or fixed-income funds. That strategy made sense in the past. But economic realities have shifted since the turn of the century. We have 80 […]

Monday, September 15, 2014   Today I had a great meeting with a visionary business leader. He spoke with me about an idea he has to purchase high-end properties here in Orange County. The conversation opened my eyes to new opportunities. As government reports show, there is a growing chasm that separates high net worth […]

Sunday, September 14, 2014   Although I had to work all day, I left in time to treat my mother-in-law to dinner. We dined at a restaurant that Carole likes very much, but Carole wasn’t with us. She was scheduled to work today. I enjoyed talking with Linda and recounting how proud I am of […]

Saturday, September 13, 2014   My mother-in-law, Linda, flew into town today to visit with us. Unfortunately, a busy scheduled limited the amount of time that Carole and I could spend to enjoy her company. I was working when Carole picked her mother up at the airport. They had lunch today, but then Carole had […]

Friday, September 12, 2014   Today I contributed to an all-day session discussing probation and parole in the United States. As a member of an advisory council sponsored by the Robina Institute at the University of Minnesota Law School, I’ll work alongside several leaders who seek to improve outcomes of our nation’s criminal justice system. […]