Let me say this about that. Over the course of my career, I had numerous occasions to travel to foreign countries on business.  Most of these trips were required to start new businesses or factories in a particular country, or to establish a partnership with an existing company.  Low labor costs were  important to the success of any […]

Let me say this about that. If we were to conduct an on-line poll to find the goofiest state in the union, Florida would win hands down.  Not even the residents of California can compete with the daffy, dippy, ditzy, dopey citizens of the Sunshine State when it comes to irrational behavior.  Is there any doubt […]

Let me say this about that. Yesterday’s LMSTAT blog bemoaned the fact that you just can’t believe everything you see anymore.  This is especially true since the advent of ‘Photoshop’ software – the digitization software that allows you to modify original photographs, and morph the picture into anything you want.  Since the existence of a […]

Let me say this about that. You probably have heard them all:  Seeing is believing – What you see is what you get – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – A picture is worth a thousands words.  Fundamentally, we have been taught since childhood that if we can actually see something, it is […]

Let me say this about that. Damn – damn – damn!!!  How many reality shows do we have to endure?  Is there nothing worth showing on network TV these days other than these inane, hollow, crap-fests?  Cooking reality shows, dating reality shows, stupid game reality shows, home video reality shows, survival skills reality shows, real housewife […]

Let me say this about that. “People say believe half of what you see, oh and none of what you hear …. “ This line is lifted from the 70′s Gladys Knight & the Pips hit “I heard it through the grapevine”.  And in today’s blizzard of communication media spawned by the internet, truer words have […]