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Paul Hirsch

Sleep Study – My Experience

For those of you who aren’t aware, I’ve been working through some health issues lately, mostly related to stress, all with physical ramifications. This is one of the reasons I haven’t posted in a while. I’ll try to make up for that now. Yesterday, I went to a sleep clinic to see whether or not […]

The $1,200 mistake: what I learned about assumptions

A few days ago, I nearly made a $1,200 mistake. I made an assumption and an overinvestment in my own pride which almost ruined a solid client relationship and an ongoing maintenance contract. I narrowly avoided slitting my own throat, and I publicly offer this example to others as a lesson in how assumptions can […]

Twilight

I promised my wife that I would take her to see Twilight on opening night. It’s a sacrifice, I know, putting myself through the pain and torture of 200 screaming high school chicklets who want to become vampires and spend their lives with Stephanie Meyers’ fantasy “heartthrob,” Edward Cullen. But I must confess, I read […]

Change is coming

Today is a very important day in the history of the United States of America. Today, we usher an era of change into the White House. No longer will the highest stations of our great political system be ruled exclusively by representatives of our country’s demographic majorities. Today, we embrace a new ideology; we welcome […]

Last night’s debate: the unasked question

Last night, Amy and I watched the second in a series of mostly uninspiring presidential debates (I won’t even get into the VP debacle…er…debate). I was less concerned with the content of their answers – we’ve heard it all before – and more concerned with how they handled the format of the debate. The two […]