Grandpa Richard Speaks

Most of us are hesitant about pursuing new endeavours. Are you fearful of change?

Each and every one of us (are we at 7 billion yet?) is unique. There are almost unlimited combinations of DNA that define us. Appreciate this uniqueness and live the life that God designed you for.

I was both surprised and saddened by the news that actor Owen Wilson attempted suicide the other day. I have enjoyed him in movies, and he seemed like a guy that was upbeat about life.
Now, everyone goes through rough times where we feel sad or down in the dumps. Actually, it’s pretty normal to [...]

Thorstein Veblen (July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929) was a Norwegian-American sociologist and economist and a founder, along with John R. Commons, of the Institutional economics movement.
Despite the fact that he lived about 100 years ago, Veblen’s work remains relevant today, and not simply for his phrase “conspicuous consumption.” His evolutionary approach to the [...]

Be honest with yourself. Brutally honest. It is never too late to make changes that will eventually improve your life.

You are the architect of your own experience. Learn from them and move forward with expectancy.

Here we go again. Perhaps some of you are old enough to remember VHS versus Beta. At one point, many video stores carried both types. As you all should realize, VHS won that consumer battle.
Now we are poised to try the whole thing again. Blu-ray versus HD DVD. How many years will be wasted while [...]

I walked to the local Farmer’s Market this morning, and here is what I learned.
(1) Fresh is Better
I rarely buy peaches from grocery stores. They just do not seem to be very good. This morning a lady convinced me to buy peaches from her because they were fresh, having been picked the previous evening. They [...]

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, probably the best known scientist of all time in terms of name recognition. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2.
This quote from Albert is probably not one of his best known, but it is a good one.
If A is [...]

“Party of Your Life” is a new event planning company in Calgary that helps you plan your post-mortem shindig. You help do the planning ahead of time, and they make sure that it goes as planned after the final event.
I like the idea. When I leave, go ahead and cry for a couple of days, [...]