Origin of Leatherman – the multitool megabrand

Pretty interesting article on the Gear Junkie website. Here’s one of our (many) leatherman tools – the Juice S2. Pliers, scissors, knife, four screwdrivers and a bottle/can opener in a neat four ounce package. One of their most popular tools (I am not a paid spokesperson!…). And here’s the article. Origin Of Leatherman: The Road … Read more

Forbes 400 Richest List includes a Croton resident

It's not me. It's Tom Secunda. He's one of the four co-founders of Bloomberg L.P. and a Binghamton University grad with two degrees in math. And an active philanthropist. Here's the story mentioning him and other wealthy Westchester residents (including Trump). Nine Westchester residents made the list, and Rockland and Dutchess residents were also ranked. … Read more

Good article – How the Democrats handed Trump the working class

Off Marketwatch.com (a business website & mostly Hillary supporter). Globalization and the loss of jobs in America. The story of Trump’s amazingly successful movement is also the story of how Democrats turned their backs on their working-class roots and sided with the elites on the crucial economic question of our times: Who would win from … Read more

My brother Paul; 11th anniversary of losing him

Phil (brother #4) posted this picture of Tom, Jim and Paul (Phil hadn’t arrived yet …). Must have been when I was in the 7th or eighth grade. I have no recollection of this picture and certainly no recollection of Paul’s Commodore outfit. He’d have been five or six years old. Paul died at the … Read more

Tim – back at college

Since Tim needed two cars to get his stuff back, I went over with him to St. Thomas Aquinas College – it’s only a 35 minute ride. I was only there about half an hour. Picking up his keys outside the dorm – And here’s Tim and Joe at Memphis Mae’s where we went for … Read more