Neil’s Blog

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 22, 2020 I have been binging on the Netflix series “Ozark.” I have finished seasons one and two and am now halfway through season three when a moment in episode five flattens me. I have related this moment to a number of my peers who have had a […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 15, 2020 When I went to college, the one album that rocked my world, that set me on fire and shaped my vision of what could be was Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited.” And that album reminded me of the song “Tombstone Blues,” whose refrain seems to appropriately […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 8, 2020 I am fascinated by “power.” Who has it, how do you get it, how do you use it, when do you lose it, is it used for good or evil or personal gain? And, for sure, very few people willingly cede it to someone else. Mostly, […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 1, 2020 I will never belong. I just read about a new audio app called Clubhouse. If you are a Silicon Valley big shot or a Hollywood big shot or a music big shot or just a really big shot from any one of a dozen other verticals, […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, May 25, 2020 About 30 million men and women in the U.S. are currently unemployed. In the next few months, almost all of them are going to try to return to work. Some will go back to jobs that are waiting, and some will go looking for new jobs. […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, May 18, 2020 Well, like all of you I have been doing my sheltering in place, and leaving aside not getting my nails done, my hair cut, my teeth cleaned, or my accu-punctured. I also have not been able to bat the ball around with my psychoanalyst/shrink. As many […]