DETROIT, MI -- For as many times as I've flown out of Detroit Metro Airport on Northwest Airlines, I have never departed out of Concourse B or C. It's always Concourse A which is just a really long hall with 78 gates and some pretty fountains. My amazing run came to a halt this Thursday when I flew to Richmond, VA from gate C11. To get to Concourse C, one must ride down a reeeeeeally long escalator in order to pass beneath the jets parked at their gates and then pop up on the other side. ...

I'm heading to Virginia this morning for a quick overnighter. I hope to have some interesting encounters to report. Had to post this before I leave for the airport, though. Last night over spaghetti, my seven-year-old daughter asked if we were eating cow, pig, goat, or what as she devoured a meatball. After learning they were made from a cow, she happily exclaimed, "Mmmmm! I love cow's balls!" "Like mother like daughter..." I told my wife. That went over well.

As a Solutions Director with the newly-formed division of Upromise called Upromise Schools, I have daily conversations with Joe Users trying to describe the benefits of joining Upromise FREE in order to save money for future college expenses. Faced with skepticism, apprehension, and downright apathy, one would think I am asking people to give Me money to help pay for MY kids college. The point of this blog is to introduce readers to a light-hearted perspective to working with parents and ...