by Bruce Turkel | Nov 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
It was in middle school literature classes that literary tools such as onomatopoeia, sarcasm, and symbolism, were first introduced. I had already learned about onomatopoeia from Mad magazine where the sound effects balloon blasting out of a shotgun in a saloon read,...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
We’ve all seen the famous scene in Casablanca where Captain Renault reacts to the graft taking place right under his watch. “I’m shocked, SHOCKED, to find that gambling is going on in here!” he says as the croupier hands him a pile of money. The movie was a prescient...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I almost never meet people on airplanes — I guess my headphones and open laptop discourage conversation. But my good friend Bob Berkowitz, CEO of Multivision Video, often meets important people on planes. He believes that his American Airlines upgrades are worth every...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Has anyone else noticed the recent rash of Millennials hurting themselves or dying preventable deaths falling off of waterfalls, mountains, and bridges? A 26-year old from San Ramon “…hiked with three other people to the peak of Half Dome. She fell 600 feet to her...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I used to think that my father’s generation was the last one to live in two centuries at the same time. Growing up near Poe Park in the Bronx, my dad lived in a community with all the modern technological marvels including refrigerators, televisions, and automobiles....
