My daughter played her first ice hockey game last week. She plays left wing on an adult coed team’s first line. It’s difficult to express how proud I am of her. For years, she was a swimmer, swimming on a club team and on her [...]
Advertising expense is always a tough nut to crack. What will provide the best value for our dollar? If I had a staff of analysts and a crystal ball, I could probably make an informed decision about how to advertise. At least, I would feel [...]
My first job in towing was working for my dad at the tow yard at age 15, answering phones, rearranging debris, shooting hoops inside the shop and being bored out of my mind for long stretches — 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., weekdays, $200 monthly [...]
ESPN started a documentary series in 2012 called 30 for 30, which was originally meant to be 30 documentaries covering the 30 years that ESPN has been on the air. Has it been that long since ESPN first came on the air? Hard to imagine [...]
The World’s Greatest Graphic Designer tagged me in a Facebook post, in reference to her vehicle being impounded. Turns out it was towed away for a parking violation (from the police) by our sister company. They had to act swiftly to retrieve the vehicle before [...]
We have a customer who owns an old Holmes wrecker, a pre-Miller product, and he calls me every few months to get a quote on parts. Sometimes it takes me a couple of days because these are not commonly requested items. He’s always in a [...]
At Jerry Bullock’s memorial service last year I ran into Marty Oppenlander of Hillsboro Towing. Marty gave my brother-in-law a job back in the mid-70s, and my older brother went to work for him about a year later. My dad was looking for a way [...]
I was reminiscing last night with some of the other parents on my son’s baseball team about how risky and carefree our childhoods were compared to how careful we have to be with our kids today. We can’t let them go over to a friend’s [...]
I feel I’ve been a bit preachy lately. I see something that bugs me, or I hear about something being done poorly and I stretch back into my past and pull out an example that illustrates how things should be done. And I embellish and [...]
Baseball season is here! I’m a little soured on professional baseball at this point – I’m a Red Sox fan and last year was a pitiful year for the Red Sox. I have enjoyed hearing about A-Rod’s connection to the Florida PED factory. The problem [...]
