July 31, 2015
Who in their right mind would dare ask me to connect Specialty Box to the age old and very personal question of "Do you crumple or do you fold?" This deeply offensive suggestion tempts me to make like Donald Trump vs. Lindsey Graham and supply you with my "friend" Angie's personal email addres [...]
June 30, 2015
My three year old daughter is a relentless backseat driver. As we approach any traffic light she shouts instructions to her unteachable father. "Red means stop and green means go." One evening, immediately after receiving my toddler's tutelage, I determined to put Piper in her place. "Piper," [...]
June 4, 2015
For some reason I thought you might enjoy a sneak peak into the behind the scene workings of Specialty Box. It really is a wonder I ever get anything done! This picture could be taken on most days. Piper, without hesitation, helps herself to my work space and even my work phone. When I'm on [...]
May 29, 2015
You know those Birthday Scrooges who reveal their special day after it's already passed? That's not me!Tomorrow, May 30, 2015 is my 46th birthday (gulp, for the first time in my life I'm closer to 50 than I am 40) and I want the world to know!!!Please click here and enjoy the birthday dance I [...]
April 30, 2015
Disclaimer and Apology:I just noticed that I'm celebrating an anniversary of sorts. Today's message represents exactly four years worth of blogs. Not wanting to inundate your inbox, I've limited myself to exactly one message per month. So, today is blog #48. Now, unlike musical artists who re [...]
April 1, 2015
As I write I'm in the thick of the stressful storm before the stormy calm. Isn't that what it's like when you're fretfully trying to wrap things up so that you can hurry off for a vacation which rarely proves to be relaxing?You see, tomorrow my whole family (including our 17 year old Japanese [...]
Feb. 27, 2015
A few months back I shared the following email exchange with my friend Debbie who manages one of our area's finest gift shops. I meant to ask if Wit's End Giftique needed a bag delivery. It didn't go quite that way.Eric: Do you need any bass this week?Debbie: Yes I could use [...]
Jan. 27, 2015
I really don't know if eight or 800 people read my monthly blog but please take a moment today to learn about a special woman that shapes some colleagues whom I consider to be family and who, behind the scenes, are of service to many of you. Five years ago Specialty Box received a cold call fr [...]
Dec. 31, 2014
I hope that you've had a meaningful holiday season. This very short note is to thank you both for reading my monthly banter and for entrusting Specialty Box to be your packaging partner. We celebrate your 2014 support by funding the drilling of two new wells. Because of you two thousand peopl [...]
Nov. 26, 2014
My adorable 2-1/2 year old daughter Piper is such a happy little girl. Except when she is not.Usually the breakdown into a whiny tantrum happens when she is deprived a life necessity like Elmo, an iPad or, God forbid, a pack of chewy fruit snacks.It occurred to me during one such episode that [...]
Oct. 31, 2014
Seconds after sending last month's blog, I was confronted with an absolutely disturbing reality. Those of you who bother to read my monthly rant were (and still are) invited to submit a random word, subject or idea that I would, somehow, connect to Specialty Box and the world of retail packagi [...]
Sept. 30, 2014
A whopping sixteen years ago, I was part of a two man improv team called “Give It Up!.” We would be invited to youth gatherings and conferences where we would select some courageous volunteer victims. These willing guinea pigs would receive a crash course in improvisational comedy and then pe [...]
