Dreams So Real returns to the stage in April. Yes, since we dusted the rust off for a successful 2009 appearance at the downtown Athens, Georgia summer music fest called Athfest, there was a renewed excitement about playing more shows.  One thing led to another and suddenly two more years had...

Exactly why does one go to Fantasy Camp?  I’m not entirely sure, but when your wife says, “Hey, you should go do this,” and points at the Braves Fantasy Camp email, you don’t give her time to change her mind. Beginning next Tuesday, I’ll be reporting from the...

I was thinking recently about one of the biggest challenges of entrepreneurialism – breaking out of the hypnotizing redundancy of everyday life.  Breaking out of your routine, breaking off the shackles of limitations your mind puts on your body and soul – the heart of creativity and...

Ask just about any casual passerby to name a luxury watch and fine piano and you’ll hear two names – Rolex and Steinway.  But are these brands really snob worthy? To be an authentic snob, one must have invested at least some time into one or several interests of the plethora of...

Even after nearly 30 years, the Classic City (Athens, Georgia) almost never ceases to amaze me in terms of how much it continues to offer, how it manages to remain fresh, how it continuously spawns new and different.  Somehow, for a small town, it possesses the right formula to incubate a...

It was odd for me to be only 10 miles from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino when I received news of Steve Jobs death, and though one could anticipate the day could soon arrive, there was certainly no hint that it was upon us.  I had read among the rumors about the October 4th Apple...

Regents, North Dakota.  Before this weekend, what did this sleepy town of just a few hundred souls mean to me? Nothing, of course.  But now it’s where Eric and Sarah and Cheryl and Shirley and the Cannonball Company wait for the one time of year (October) when pheasant hunters from all...