by Michael Carlon | Apr 19, 2014 | Self Awareness
In families, different children have different roles that they play. In my family, mine is the role of joker. I am told that I have my grandfather’s sense of humor and it is a real shame that I never had a chance to meet him. However, this might be a hidden...
by Michael Carlon | Apr 15, 2014 | Self Awareness
I am having a hard time reconciling the fact that 12 years ago I was sitting in a hospital room with my wife just shooting the breeze while she complained about discomfort “down there.” The truth is that the two of us didn’t think much of it. Nicole...
by Michael Carlon | Apr 6, 2014 | Self Awareness
Earlier this week I sat down with a couple to talk about their robotic vacuum. Wow – there’s something you don’t hear every week. However, this is the nature of what I do; I interview people about a variety of different things and try and find some...
by Michael Carlon | Mar 20, 2014 | Faith and Pop Culture, Self Awareness
This may be hard for some of you to believe but in my teenage years, I was a bit of an introvert. In fact, it was not uncommon for a 15 year old Mike Carlon to retreat to his bedroom, turn off all the lights, and lose himself in music. This was particularly true if...
by Michael Carlon | Mar 16, 2014 | Self Awareness, Uncategorized
It would be impossible to summarize the events of the past few weeks by solely relying on words. I could say these past few weeks have been crazy, demanding, draining, or taxing – but those words just wouldn’t do justice to the weeks we have had. I am tempted to...
by Michael Carlon | Dec 29, 2013 | Self Awareness
Every year around this time I reread Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I also watch it on TV. It doesn’t matter if it is Alastair Moore, George C Scott, Patrick Stewart or Jim Carrey playing the role of Scrooge, I just can’t get enough of this tale....
