by Phil Houseal | Feb 11, 2026 | All Articles, History
Feb 11, 2026–Do you have a recording of your parents’ voices? I recently followed a story of a radio DJ trying to track down any recording of his late father’s voice. It turned into a quest worthy of the Holy Grail. His last sample was on a phone answering machine,...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 4, 2026 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Feb 4, 2026–I love making and keeping a “To Do” list. Little is more satisfying than changing a “to do” to “done.” But I have discovered a more important list–a “Stop Doing” list. This concept was formed while I was working in an administrative capacity. During a...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 28, 2026 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Jan 28, 2026–Once you’ve reached midlife, you are the least stupid you have ever been or ever will be. That’s why every person who has passed that milestone should write down wisdom from their life that worked for them, and that might work for future generations. I am...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 21, 2026 | All Articles, Education, History
Some wily entrepreneur in the Old West understood marketing. This coffee bean supplier wanted to make his beans stand out among the grizzled cowboys and settlers who swarmed up the cattle trails and carved out the west. He made and sold Arbuckles’ coffee, one of the...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 14, 2026 | Philosophy
Here’s a fun new trend you can worry about: Title Inflation. It first took root in large organizations. There, it’s an accepted practice that instead of rewarding job performance with money–as in giving an employee a raise–businesses hand out lofty yet meaningless...
