Resource allocation fail at a Japanese restaurant

I remember going to a ridiculously expensive Japanese restaurant in Las Vegas.  Usually, I only want to eat sushi at Japanese restaurants but we ended up also ordering noodles because the sushi was insanely expensive while the noodles dishes were merely ridiculously...

How to Chase away your customers

I recently opened my first account with Chase Bank.  As part of opening that account, I made an initial check deposit.  Today, I received a letter saying that deposit is on hold because “the deposited check is not consistent with the account’s normal...
How am I? I am happy and at peace

How am I? I am happy and at peace

Whenever people asked me, “How are you?” I used to have one of two frequent responses: – “I am fine.” – “Busy, busy.” I found both responses to be unsatisfactory.  So recently, I decided to change my response to,...

Good Morning, Thug

I just had one of those ironic experiences that are funny in retrospect.  I was in Berlin to speak at the World Peace Festival.  While I was at a subway station, a thuggish big blonde white guy tried to intimidate me into giving him money.  He got uncomfortably close...

Product review: Star Cruises SuperStar Virgo

Summary: Very disappointing.  A lousy cruising experience on a badly-managed ship. Details: I love cruising, but I didn’t always feel this way.  About 15 years ago, I took a cruise on a Star Cruises ship and did not like the experience at all.  I decided then...