Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
On August 5, 1926, in one of his last public stunts, American magician Harry Houdini spent 91 minutes buried alive in an underwater airtight coffin, beating rival magician Rahman Bey's time of one hour. Houdini, a world famous escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, repeated the feat twice more in preparation to revive his traveling... Continue Reading →
You never know where you’ll get some good advice. My wife and I went to an ice cream shop on a recent Sunday afternoon and saw a silly saying on a dish towel. My dish of "Death by Chocolate" was to die for, but I’m thinking I found my new permanent call to action. "Money... Continue Reading →
I took the elevator down to the ground floor and walked to my parents car. We had moved my stuff into my dorm and all we needed to do was say our goodbyes. The quad area was crazy, parents and kids were coming from all directions, pushing and pulling trollies. I was saying goodbye to... Continue Reading →
I would get in the car and wipe away a tear. When my kids were infants and we needed daycare assistance, my wife and I would share drop-off duties. I found leaving the kids to be the hardest job in the world. I would always leave with a tear. Oh, my tears made no sense,... Continue Reading →
I look angry in the picture. I’m certainly not amused. My mom asked me to slide next to a small lifelike statue of a Native American Girl. She was wearing a beaded dress and a feather in her long hair. I’m about six or seven-years-old in the picture. I wasn’t sure of girls my age... Continue Reading →
My son sees my car and starts walking toward me. I flash my headlights in the dark just to make sure he sees me. His head is down, and he looks tired. He’s been working a ton of hours this summer, saving up for his second year of college. He gets in the car and... Continue Reading →
Car advertisements are everywhere. You see them in commercials, on social media, everywhere. It wasn’t always that way. The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed what is believed to be the earliest known automobile advertisement 125 years ago on July 30, 1898. The magazine advertisement in the Scientific American, the same magazine that documented the work... Continue Reading →
Experts with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics say that you’ll have more than 12 jobs in your lifetime. In each of the jobs that I’ve had so far in my career, whether it was in a corporate office building or a corner room in our house, I’ve carried a small 3 X 4 picture... Continue Reading →
David Geffen, the founder of Asylum Records, Geffen Records, and Dreamworks Animation, has an art collection valued at more than $2.3 billion. Jay-Z, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jay Leno are all known for their entertainment careers, but also their large car collections. Everyday folks collect things too. Some people collect antique furniture and vinyl records. Others collect... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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