by mmooney | Oct 24, 2025 | The Friday Message
I have always been a fan of the Seattle Mariners—long suffering, they had a shot at the World Series. I remember rooting for Ichiro, a diminutive superstar. Ichiro spent 28 years playing Major League Baseball in Japan and the United States. He won nearly every award...
by mmooney | Oct 17, 2025 | The Friday Message
I worked in a Union 76 Service station in Pacific Palisades when I was in college. I left my sheltered existence in Idaho with a friend to find a summer job and a bit of an adventure. I lucked out and got the late shift in the station, pumping gas, changing oil...
by mmooney | Oct 10, 2025 | The Friday Message
n 1908, America’s game got its own theme song. For seven weeks “take me out to the Ball Game” topped the charts. The song has endured through over a century as memorable today as in yesteryear. The song did not become widely played at ballparks until 1934....
by mmooney | Oct 3, 2025 | The Friday Message
As I told a few friends about the importance of vultures the ecosystem, I was asked what do you call a flock of the oft maligned birds of prey. As complex as the animal itself, in flight the vultures are a kettle, on the ground; a commission, venue, or volt, and when...
by mmooney | Sep 26, 2025 | The Friday Message
I went back to school this week, life learning is a wise investment of our time. Boise State and the Andrus Center hosted the 13th Annual Women and Leadership Conference. Five impressive female keynote speakers provided career insights, coaching, mentorship,...
by mmooney | Sep 19, 2025 | The Friday Message
This message relates to a specific year in time, can you decode Roman numerals?I have to admit that I did not know the CM is 900, it makes sense when you know M is 1000 and C is one hundred putting the C first subtracts from the other numeral. L is 50, X is 10...
