THE EXPIRATION DATE Karkinos means ‘crab’ in Greek, and cancer in Latin. In a previous blog, early this year, I mentioned briefly the meaning of my life with diagnosis of a primary malignancy. The title is: PATIENT’S NOTES ON the ANNUAL CANCER REPORT by the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. You can find it down on the list of my blog posts. Those were my reflections on the 2026 American Cancer Society Report. Little did I know that seven months later I would be diagnosed with two new

Let me tell you about the very rich who travel by air differently from you and me. I know. That’s a paraphrase from a Scott Fitzgerald 1926 story. That known story was told some one hundred years ago by The Great Gatsby. Here is how Ernest Hemingway allegedly responded, “Yes, they have more money.” # # # Disclaimer: I’ve under my belt about 2,200 commercial flight boardings. So I got some air travel experience. Commercial aviation is a cattle call designed by

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A GUERRILLA SERENDIPITY WISDOM IN A QUICKLY POST Some call them lucky. Others call them fortunate. There is no luck. But there is a secret. There exists a whispered art, a secret handshake among the daring and the sagacious observant: Guerrilla Serendipity. In 1961 I was in the Cave of the Treasure in Nahal Mishmar when the five millennia old treasure was uncovered. The Unseen Handshake Forget the dusty treatises on strategic planning, the five-year forecasts, and the metic

The political history of Chicago is defined by a singular, enduring institution: the Democrat Machine. This system, a complex amalgam of ethnic coalition-building, ecclesiastical hierarchy, and clandestine alliances with organized crime, represented the most sophisticated form of urban governance in the twentieth-century United States. To review the Machine is to examine a socio-political organism that prioritized stability and patronage over ideology, transforming a disparat

Notes to the Global Serendipitome, where humans act as engineers of serendipitous events. This paper delves into and expands the Global Serendipitome framework. Stated otherwise – the Serendipitome hence is globalized and available to anyone concerned. It is a sequel to our preceding paper that first introduced the framework of the Serendipitome. That prior paper predicated the required existence of Sociality, Adventurism, and Sagacity for engineering serendipity encounters.

I know. I know. The title of this article may raise eyebrows and deter some readers. But, “Hey,” such is life. Life is not just a walk in the park or only about eating peaches. “You have the power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will have strength.” Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) offers a meditation that serves as a foundational pillar for both classical Stoicism and modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. At its core, this quote addresses the Locus of

I didn’t come this far just to come this far. Now that I’m here, it’s time to find the right partner who keeps pace with my goals and helps take my vision to the next level. "The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change." ~ Maya Angelou The Journey of Growth I did not endure the climb just to stand still. Having reached this altitude, I realize that this milestone is not my destination. My viewpoint is to seek a partnership of equals—to find a k

Prompted by the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Hope and Progress: Reflecting on the 2026 American Cancer Society Report. A cancer diagnosis is a "before and after" moment. It is a life-altering experience that reshapes everything—from the smallest daily routines to our deepest perspectives on what matters. When you or a loved one receives that cruel news, the world feels different because it is different. I know this journey personally. I am a survivor of head and neck cancer, t

Serendipitome The Essential Mindset and Skillset for Embracing Serendipity The Serendipitome is a concept. Serendipitome - is the total attributes and constitutive components making up the phenomenon known otherwise as serendipity. Serendipity is the unforeseen encounter of a joyful, fortunate, or prosperous happenstance. Serendipitome is the total of elements and circumstances in a person’s milieu that bring about serendipity encounters. The serendipitome framework consis