Category Archives: The Best of Life

For the wine connoisseurs:

My den is being redone and people can’t believe I’m working off card tables!

Every year at this time the parents teach the young one to fly on our pond.

My first book was published in 1988 with co-author Mike Robert by HarperCollins, The Innovation Formula. It was quickly translated into German and Italian, became a text in The Wharton School, and is still available though never updated.

I receive copies of all foreign translations, but never actually look at them. My wife recently took the Italian copy to send to a friend, and said, “You’ll never guess who wrote your preface for the Italian book!”

You never know.

Apparently last fall’s attempt at stocking our pond has worked: Yesterday, alone, we had two different types of herons here all day, and the eagle swooshed down and caught a fish in his talons, did a victory lap, and flew home. We’re seeing very small fish, meaning they’re the children of the larger fish with which we re-populated the pond.

Meantime, a goose who apparently has lost its mate is wandering around by itself, looking for the other. It stops to eat under the backyard bird feeders, and Koufax and the goose regard each other from about eight feet on occasion. It’s worrying, since the goose requires several yards to gain air speed, and Koufax hits max in a few seconds. I’m hoping Koufax stays in a good mood.

I’m guessing this week the now-grown baby geese will get their flying lessons, the penultimate step to their departure. The grandchildren should be here to see that, which involves its share of crashes from about a foot over the pond.

© Alan Weiss 2011. All rights reserved.

My traditional lobster at The Mooring—7 pounds.

Is that a reptile in the bottom of our pool?

Nope, just a pool guy in scuba gear fixing the main drain.

The grounds of Magnolia Plantation where we stayed in Gainesville.

The traditional shot at the famous gator sculpture.

The Masters of Fine Arts in Theater, the terminal degree in the discipline.

And the Masters of the Universe.

© Alan Weiss 2011. All rights reserved.

I usually build armored vehicles, but I decided to build a jet, which I haven’t done in 20 years. Here’s an F84, along with a photo of the real thing.

From Mitchell Leather in Milwaukee (through an introduction by Alex Goldfayn), designed to hold my 17″ Mac laptop, iPad, iPhone, assorted files, even pen holders built to the circumference of my personal writing implements! Finally, no more compromises!