My father taught me how to play chess when I was about six years old. Of course, he would beat me every time. It was not in his nature to let me “win” every now and then. Worse, when he did beat me, he would sit back and laugh – he had a distinct sadistic [...]
Archive for May, 2007
2 1/2 Minutes
Posted in Chess, NameDropping on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MORE!
Posted in Interesting characters, NameDropping, Uncategorized on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An obituary for Sam Kagel appeared in today’s San Francisco Chronicle which brought to mind an interesting meeting which featured Kagel, Paul St. Sure and Jeff Cohelan.
In 1956 or ’57 my then father-in-law, Richard Flambert, a consultant in the food service industry, conducted a twelve session course at the UC Extension on food service management. [...]
Freddie learns truck-stop trash talk
Posted in Interesting characters, McGraw Hill, Uncategorized on May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the first jobs I had after I returned from the University of Chicago to New York was at McGraw-Hill Research the market research department of the very large magazine and book publishing company. It was a temporary job paying a dollar an hour for a 35 hour week, which, believe it or not, was [...]
