Aug. 29, 2014
I'm blaming my wife if Specialty Box & Packaging goes out of business. It's almost September and I know that I should be writing about how it's time to order holiday packaging but I just can't do it! As you've discovered over the past couple of months, my bride Jennie provides slam dunk [...]
July 31, 2014
This short story has absolutely nothing to do with printed packaging (as of late I'm not sure my blogs ever tell you anything about our business). Still, this tale must be told!Earlier this month, my wife Jennie and my daughter Piper flew from Grand Rapids, MI to our hometown of Albany, NY. P [...]
June 30, 2014
You'd think after 45 years of life (thanks for all my birthday presents from last month) I'd have learned this lesson.Last Wednesday and Thursday, Jennie, Piper and I made the 13 hour drive from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Albany, New York. The purpose for the visit was bittersweet. Jennie's 88 ye [...]
May 30, 2014
According to my wife, my kids, my ex-wife, my parents, my brothers, my next door neighbor and my salsa instructor, I am very difficult to buy for. And even after a gift is selected for me, I'm apparently "that guy" who fondles and shakes every present until I know exactly what is underneath [...]
April 30, 2014
***Disclaimer: Dear Mom and Dad, in this month's blog you will see me reference a naughty word that is neither appropriate for a message of this nature nor, I assure you, a part of my vernacular. Please know that is done reluctantly for creative affect. I am sorry if this blog reflects poo [...]
March 28, 2014
I'm generally a stickler for writing my monthly blog on the last Thursday of every month and that was my intention yesterday. However, I found that I just didn't want to try to be clever, funny or even friendly. There was a great deal of unexpected sadness in our home yesterday. One week ago t [...]
Feb. 27, 2014
KEEP OUT!!! While the sign on our front door is not so brash, it politely explains that visitors must make an appointment before stepping into our cave. Truth be told, on most days Ray, the king of the Specialty Box warehouse, is the only guy in the building and his music is blaring as he pri [...]
Jan. 30, 2014
Each and every evening after our 21 month old Piper goes to sleep, my wife Jennie and I have a date which revolves around an adult beverage, frozen fruit, a few verses from the Bible and an episode of something on Netflix.Truth be told, we're usually a bit more enthusiastic about drinking our [...]
Dec. 26, 2013
For 55 years, Specialty Box & Packaging, has been based in Albany, New York but for the past 4 1/2 years I've lived and worked out of my home office in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Each year after Christmas my family makes the 12-13 hour drive from Kalamazoo back to our hometown. This trip is beco [...]
Nov. 25, 2013
Helping business owners prepare for (read this next phrase in your best Buzz Lightyear voice) "BLACK FRIDAY AND BEYOND" is always accompanied by an increased level of anxiety. This year has been particularly stressful. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I've been consumed with worry about at [...]
Oct. 31, 2013
While my Halloween offering may not satisfy in the way that stealing every tootsie roll out of your kid's candy bucket satisfies (maybe that's more about me than you), I hope you enjoy this small gift from my family to yours. Before you watch my family perform, allow me to introduce the cast [...]
Sept. 26, 2013
Like life, this silly little blog of mine can't always be about me. The end result of this blog will be real human lives both saved and enriched. Did you know that 800 million people across the globe lack clean water and that approximately 5,000 children die each day for no other reason than [...]
