What Starbucks’ Store Closings Mean to You

I did a small business article for Bizcovering about Starbucks’ recent announcement that they’ll be closing 600 US stores.  I don’t think big company schadenfreude is the right response to the news.
Starbucks changed the coffee business in truly fundamental ways – some it intended and some it didn’t. Starbucks certainly tried to become the 800 [...]

Shuttle Launch Damages Pad

Huh, this is interesting.  Apparently last Saturday’s Space Shuttle launch did some pretty severe damage – not to the shuttle, but to the actual launch pad, Pad 39A.  Concrete buckled, and heat resistant bricks were blown out of the “flame trench” beneath the pad.  These bricks and other debris ended up scattered all over the [...]

Hello world!

It’s tradition. You have to have a “Hello World” post. Here’s mine.
I’m an American who’s been living in Canada for the last few years. That’s been an experience. Rick Mercer’s “Talking to Americans” bit totally overdoes it. It mostly proves that if you stick a camera and a mic in Americans’ [...]