Notebook
August 29th, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good rainy morning from Collegeville, Labor Day weekend may be wet. Our family is lucky enough to have a cabin to go to every year. The main attraction every year is the food anyway, so no big deal. Dominos and a game of Hearts will have to suffice. The kids may get a little bored, […]

August 22nd, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegeville, This week my oldest granddaughter will be moving into her very first apartment. She will be setting up household starting from scratch, just like her forefathers and foremothers. In the sixties the trend with the Upsala kids was to rent a house and get a bunch of roommates. She will be […]

August 8th, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegeville, I am a recovering entrepreneur. I couldn’t work for the man, I had to be the man. Every one of the attempts failed. I read in an in-flight magazine, that 25% of the population are “risk-takers”. All of the entrepreneurs come out of this group as do all of the criminals. […]

August 1st, 2014 by Gary Osberg

Good morning from Collegeville, 26 years ago I took a job in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was the General Manager of an office furniture dealership, Contren. The deal came with a company car and a “Motorola Brick”, a cell phone. The thing weighed about 5 pounds. It was very handy and when I came back […]