Joe Pisani
Did I Say That? What makes a memorable holiday?
Joe Pisani reflects on the pressure we put on ourselves to have a perfect holiday.
Did I Say That? Getting to the tooth of it
Joe Pisani discusses his Parable of the Electric Toothbrush.
Did I Say That? The generational divide
A wise philosopher once said, “Some things never change.” You’re probably thinking that was Plato or Aristotle or Hegel or Homer Simpson. No. It was my wife, and she doesn’t even have a degree in philosophy. Some things never change, she said, while she was wandering around the house, picking up after our oldest daughter, …
Did I Say That? Taking time for gratitude
Over the past few months, I’ve given about four gifts … and not gotten one thank-you note. OK, so maybe I’m thin-skinned, maybe I want more recognition than I deserve, maybe I need a blast of trumpets when I do something. Or maybe, I hesitate to say this, the gifts just weren’t good enough. On …
Did I Say That? Past reflections
Through a series of peculiar events, I was volunteered to reach out to my former classmates for our high school reunion. I would have had more success knocking on their doors, selling Amway or a premium cable TV service … if I could find their doors. Many of them had moved or didn’t answer the …