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There’s a quote by the 19th century French author, Guy de Maupassant that I love: “The public is composed of numerous groups whose cry to us writers is: ‘Comfort me.’ ‘Amuse me.’ ‘Touch my sympathies.’ ‘Make me sad.’ ‘Make me dream.’ ‘Make me laugh.’ ‘Make me shiver.’ ‘Make me weep.’ ‘Make me think.’” I picture [...]

I envy musicians. Since I can’t sing, play an instrument, or read music, there’s a lot to envy, but I want to focus on one thing. It’s how a musician can easily know about other musicians’ work. They can buy each other’s records or CDs and listen to them over and over again and they [...]

From the Portland Oregonian, June 14, 2010, dateline Redmond, Washington: “On a blustery January morning, Michel Laprise found himself in a private conference room within Microsoft court’s labyrinthine campus here, surrounded by 15 of the company’s sharpest analytical thinkers. “Loprise started his presentation by dumping a pail full of sand on top of the conference [...]