Thursday night “Out with the Boys”

Yesterday had a good day. After an early morning parent-teachers meeting regarding Tim (it could have gone worse) and several hours in my office, I hopped MetroNorth in the early evening to meet up with about 20 ex-rugby playing friends. I’d had two short rests, late in the morning and late in the afternoon. The … Read more

Tenth day after RICE #1

While the chemo fatigue has not totally lifted, it certainly is much lessened. After two days of no gym (time pressures), I went last evening and felt pretty good. Of course, this was after a pretty big nap, having traipsed around Westchester and over to Northern Jersey for most of the day! The ENT lady, … Read more

My friend Tom McCarthy sent me a book

More on the book in a moment but first a digression – who is Tim McCarthy? Another former rugby player, who I first met in 1981, when I returned from four years living in the Caribbean. I re-joined my NY based rugby club to find Tom had absconded with my first side position.

Tom was fast and cunning, and when he tackled you, it was important that your major medical be up-to-date. 

Well, I gilded the lily a little bit in that last paragraph.

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A little more on Peter Drucker

Here is a link to the Wall Street Journal editorial about Peter Drucker. Unfortunately the WSJ is a paid subscriber site, so the link may not work without the secret handshake stuff.  But give it a go, it’s worth it.WSJ.com – Drucker on Everything  And here’s another link to an opinionjournal piece on Drucker. It’s … Read more