More Sponge, Less Rock

More Sponge, Less Rock

On April 8, 2000, Saturday Night Live featured the skit “More Cowbell.” It is considered to be one of the show’s most iconic, frequently used as an example of excessive enthusiasm or overindulgence in any activity. (Click below if you’d like to take a trip down memory lane and get a good laugh in the…

Relevance Lost

Relevance Lost

In the late 1980s I took a class in cost accounting as part of some post graduate work. The textbook for the class was called Relevance Lost. In 1984, both the Macintosh and the IBM PC hit the market. For the first time in history, individuals had access to sophisticated computing power at their fingertips….

Battleship

Battleship

One of my favorite games as a kid was “Battleship.” “It’s a Hit!” still rings in my mind. In 2012, a movie of the same name came out, loosely based on the board game. In this case, aliens had invaded earth, and in the end the “Mighty Mo” – the battleship Missouri of World War…