About this site
This site describes some of my adventures through the years. it's mostly for my son Ben and my grandson Jameson (or for anyone who might be interested). I'll continue to update the site as I find relevant items in my archives.
Words of wisdom from people I've known
"Never underestimate the other guy's insecurities." -- Irwin Gopnik (advice during my thesis work at McGill )
"Don't ask questions you don't want to hear the answers to." -- Eric Hulteen (colleague at Apple)
"Always read the directions"-- Jim Drake (Drake Marine and master sailor who got us out of trouble on Torrens.)
"You think I just fell off the turnip truck?" -- Red Burns (My boss at NYU).
"Everybody can solve a problem given enough time. The smart ones do it fast." -- Leon Kahn (beloved uncle)
"You have 40 more minutes to complain about your sore back." Linda Treffinger (during cruise of Inside Passage).
"She likes you because you're earthy." -- Jim Taylor (Master's thesis advisor and mentor)
"No matter how smart you think you are, there's somebody smarter." -- Mike Mills Sr.
"Life is not a dress rehearsal." -- Helen D. Mills (mom)
"There's gold in them thar hills" -- Al Bregman (upon discovering new phenomena on auditory stream perception).
"Don't get involved with anyone crazier than you." -- Richard Lee, MD. (My GP in Palo Alto)
"The secret of happiness is not caring." -- Anonymous.
"Suck it up." -- Linda Treffinger during a strenuous hike."
"I have a great deal for you. You buy a new car and give me your old one." -- Ben Leduc-Mills
"Don't let someone use your best qualities against you." -- Gail Venable
"Impatience is not the wood worker's friend." -- Garret Hack (wood worker).
"You can never have too many clamps." -- Anonymous wood worker.
"It's always a little more complicated." -- Dave Vronay (colleague at Apple and MusicNet)
“People do not change, they only become moreso.” (John Morse, my friend Tim Morse's dad).
"The good news is that there's takeout." (Linda's response to coronavirus quarantine guidelines).
"To be a lover was easy enough; to be a friend required rather more. To be both was something not given to everyone." -- Alexander McCall Smith (author).
"Never waken a sleeping bureaucrat". (Cousin Paula John).
" Good judgment is the result of experience; experience is the result of bad judgment." (Cousin Paula John).
"As soon as you get a job start looking for the next one." (Michael Mills)
"It never ends well once the rabbit gets the gun." (Bugs Bunny)