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June 2022

A Healthy Business

One of the exceptions to an inevitable downturn in commercial construction in the coming months lies with the business of health care. I’ve cited the apparent industry-wide immunity to the coming slump in previous...

May 2022

We Matter

We are the champions, my friends; and we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end… —Freddie Mercury Once again, I’ve received some pretty sharp reprimands from a number of my colleagues regarding a rather...

April 2022

Narrowing It Down

Looks like we’re in for nasty weather … — “Bad Moon Risin’,” John Fogerty Since its inception in the early 1900s, “be prepared” has been the time-honored motto of the Boy Scouts. Now,...

March 2022

The Road Ahead, Part 3

Don’t stop thinkin’ about tomorrow; don’t stop, it’ll soon be here … — Christine McVie Back in January I succumbed to a temptation to foretell what the upcoming year might hold in store...

February 2022

The Road Ahead, Part 2

Don’t stop thinkin’ about tomorrow; don’t stop, it’ll soon be here … — Christine McVie Last month my narrative seems to have degenerated into what many columnists fall victim to in January, that...

January 2022

The Road Ahead, Part 1

Don’t stop thinkin’ about tomorrow; don’t stop, it’ll soon be here… — Christine McVie Please excuse me if I seem to descend into the realm of banality here, but I am going to...

December 2021

$crooged?

A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 25th of December! — Charles Dickens Well, it’s that time of year again: Carolers at the door demanding figgy pudding (whatever that is), the...

November 2021

Sticker Shock!

Now you can’t walk away from the price you pay—Bruce Springsteen, from “The Price You Pay” I guess it’s been five, maybe six months ago that a vendor quote turned my head around...

October 2021

Bidmeister for Rent

My musings frequently harken back to the time when I was operations manager for a small to mid-size commercial drywall outfit in Southwest Colorado. It was something of a gravy train during that period...