I have accepted that the world has changed and pretty much left me behind in the process. I am no longer any merchandiser’s demographic target. I don’t understand the commercials on television anymore, even though I did see one recently that confirmed that old question of “does a […]
In the event that one might think that Alabama is just a backwater commercially, let me assure you that we are right on par with all of the MBA’s running our country’s biggest businesses. Recently, I moved my residence from Auburn to Opelika, a total distance between the […]
Recently, I had occasion to interact with the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. I had formed an LLC, Chinaberry Press, LLC, without checking to see if the name was copyrighted or trademarked. After a short, but informative telephone conversation with an attorney representing a party who felt that […]
I have long thought that Houston’s offered one of the best combinations of good food, excellent service and solid value. The Memphis Houston’s opened in its present location soon after the company expanded out of its home base in Nashville. There has been a waiting line ever since. […]
I was on a conference call trying to herd one of my flocks of cats into enough order to get a “mail box money ” deal done when the front door bell sounded and I heard Mary greet someone and invite them in. The front room of our […]
As most of you know by now, my universe of steak houses has three orbits around perfection. The inner orbit, closest to perfect, has only one establishment in it, Doe’s Eat Place in Greenville, Mississippi. The second orbit, a little more distant from the sun of perfection, includes […]
Thomas R. Lawrence 456 South 10th Street Opelika, AL 36801 334-737-2727 tom@cap-consult.com As I See It!™ January 2012 Volume 3, Number 1 In This Issue: Welcome from Tom The Bowl Season As I Like it!TM New Orleans Redux Velma […]
Velma is an eighty plus year old black lady in Memphis, Tennessee. Every morning she gets up well before sunrise and meets her eighty year old friend, Annie, at their neighborhood bus stop. The two of them catch the first bus of the morning and head toward the […]
More than enough has been written about post Katrina New Orleans. People in Uzbekistan are familiar with the Ninth Ward and Tremé is a household word to Tasmanians. The city remains below sea level and will be subject to devastating floods forever. The levees and pumping stations will […]
Thomas R. Lawrence 456 South 10th Street Opelika, AL 36801 334-737-2727 tom@cap-consult.com As I See It!™ November 2011 Volume 2, Number 10 In This Issue: Welcome from Tom Fifty-Four Years Later So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur Front Porch Press College Football 2011 As I Like it!TM […]
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