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Tom, along with Bernd Scheithauer and Joe Parisi, both of whom I knew from AFIP connections, was a mentor to me while I was at Mayo Clinic. From my first days there, Tom was constantly asking me if I needed anything to get oriented and took the...

I quit drinking coffee almost a year ago. Up to then I was a gold star premium member of the Starbucks club. Morning, noon and night was not unusual. I wouldn’t brew my own but I would pick up gas station coffee or Starbucks or Dunkin’...

Growing up in Chicago, one of many summer pastimes was to go fishing in Canada. We made Red Lake, Ontario our preferred destination and stayed at the Black Bear Lodge which was aptly named. Our fathers would take several dozen of us in vans on...

Anyone who has used Uber would probably use terms such as “easy”, “fast”, “simple”, “transparent”, or “cost-effective”. Uber, and for the sake of argument, let’s say other ride share services, allows for people who need a...

Many thanks to Dr. Jordan Grumet at In My Humble Opinion for allowing me to repost this recent article he shared. I have mentioned Jordan before and appreciate his very personal thoughts he shares with great style and prose.  Many of his...

I don’t usually make political statements on this blog and don’t plan on doing so anytime soon. In fact, I have little interest at the moment and 2-year presidential election cycles and endless coverage of every detail of the professional...