by Artie Isaac | Mar 5, 2009 | It happened
Mallory always had a way of making me laugh. Especially when he played The Boss in a wry way. (Hey, gimme a Boss On Wry!)I remember once when someone asked for a couple hours off one afternoon.Mallory said, cheerfully, "Sure! Why don't you take the rest of...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 4, 2009 | It happened
It's not my mother's birthday, but I just opened this present: a birthday poem from my father to my mother, recently discovered in his papers.(This was written before my third sister and I were born.)"To Jackie"July 6, 1954She walks in beauty through...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 26, 2009 | It happened
Have you met my wife?No? Yes?Sometimes I think I have not yet met my wife.Scientists say that every cell in the human body regenerates every seven years. (This is a fact that I am making up, or think I heard once. It might have been on Star Trek. Just stay with me,...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 17, 2009 | It happened, Living an engaged life, On Ethics
Someday, I will die. And, you will find, I was just about as ready as anyone. Not emotionally. No. I'm not emotionally ready to greet the Reaper. "I have miles to go before I sleep," as Frost wrote. "And miles to go before I sleep." But I'm...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 15, 2009 | It happened
So a really, really, really good friend of mine (really good) has authorized my telling this story, but won't let me put her name on it, because she says I tell it wrong.Still, it's a great story."You never let the facts get in the way of a good...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 6, 2009 | It happened, Unsolicited Suggestions
Years ago, back when I was one of three owner-managers of Young Isaac, we would often be faced with The Conversation about this employee or that — should she get a raise? should he be fired? Those were the kinds of question that, in the hands of gifted managers, can...
