Heaven Can’t Wait

”What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.”     James 4:14 When I first heard about Steve Jobs death I was working Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco (October 5, 2011).   I had walked up to the Apple Store near Union Square to...

Opening Day in Paradise

 “The serious business of Heaven is joy.”      CS Lewis I have a dear friend who for several years invited my son and I to join him and his son to Opening Day of the San Francisco 49ers season at the now defunct Candlestick Park.  It was always a memorable day, which...

New Beginnings

Email sent to my co-workers at Oracle: Date: January 19th at 3:51pm Subject: new beginnings I will be leaving Sun/Oracle effective today — time for new beginnings! It has been my very great pleasure to work with you all. THANK YOU — especially to Vijay Tatkar, who has...

Lessons for the Grandchildren from Kona Jack

Well, I’ll just start by saying that I can’t put into words how much I miss dad. There are so many emotions around the void I feel without him. It’s been quite a change in life for me. Dad was a man’s man, that’s for sure. And I guess I lucked out by being his boy. We...