“Forward To The Future” By Emilio Chaviano January 11, 2014 It is a new year and we are rapidly moving into the future. Back in 1985 the movie “Back To The Future” portrayed actor Michel J. Fox traveling to the past to change how the future turns out. For many a new year and thinking […]

“How To Succeed Without Really Trying” By Emilio Chaviano September 18, 2013 I trust the title captured your attention at least for a moment. Most people are interested in doing well, or even excel in the endeavors of life. This idea applies to our work but also to our personal lives and relationships. The other […]

Today I read an account in The New York Times of what happened when I was barely one year old. It was April 11, 1945, and General George S. Patton’s Third Army had liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. Army Chaplain Herschel Schacter ran through the barracks crying «Shalom Aleichem, Yidden,» – «Peace be upon you, […]

“Take a Break” By Emilio Chaviano February 21, 2013 It happened again today. When I was driving on one of the busy roadways in our city I saw a driver “multitasking.” This is a fairly new word in my vocabulary and it means that a person is doing a number of things at the same […]

“Old and New” By Emilio Chaviano January 19, 2013 We are now in the second half of January and I don’t hear too many people saying “happy new year” anymore. Most people stop saying this after the first week. The new starts getting old very quickly. A new car or the new gadgets we get […]

“Don’t Trust Your Eyes” By Emilio Chaviano December 10, 2012     Pilots in training learn the importance of trusting the instruments and not their eyes for flying at night and in bad weather when visibility is poor. I have heard people say “I have to see it to believe it.” As a matter of […]

“Waiting for The Bird” by, Emilio Chaviano November 22, 2012   Americans are very religious people and most of us are going through the rituals of Thanksgiving Day.  Let me count some: travel to be with family and friends, turkey preparation with all the trimmings, football games, eating excessively, drinking all sorts of libations, and […]

“God Bless America” by Emilio Chaviano Nov. 7, 2012   It is customary to hear “God Bless America”  between the top and bottom halves of the 7th inning at the ball park. Most people like it except those who might object to the fact that the name of God is part of the song. Since […]

“Dreaming Dreams” By Emilio Chaviano October 30, 2012   Dreams are just dreams, but wonderful realities can and do come from them.  John Lennon wrote “Imagine.”  Martin Luther King had a dream and gave his famous speech “I Have a Dream.”  Well, I had a dream last night. Barack and Mitt were standing side by […]

“Plum Line” October 16, 2012 By Emilio Chaviano   I find it difficult to imagine a tool so simple as the plum line.  Plum lines have been in use by brick masons for centuries. Early builders realized that if walls were going to stand firm and hold the weigh placed above them, those wall had […]