By Russell Boston — Foreword by Lord Dukes de Enfer Although this is my Medium page, the following was written by a friend of mine, Russell Boston. In his own words, he tells a truncated version of his childhood and life story. Years ago when I met Russ I took the time to authenticate…

And the State of California sat back and just let them do it. After a routine check-up my long time, a super awesome doctor asked me to wait a month and redo my blood work. Which is weird, normally after a physical he marvels at how my cholesterol is going…

“The smarter you feel, the dumber you are.” — David Dunning Since you may not have read my evolving thoughts on Elon Musk I’ll give you a thumbnail: I read the biography in 2015, loved him, and liked his abrasive non-tech style and fierce business culture. Total man crush. Went…

Smart business or backroom deals and cheating, you decide. — ***I will reference the precursor to this NFL Sunday Ticket to YouTube: Winners, Losers and 14 Billion Dollars Over The Next Seven Years throughout the article as it will help you to understand the motivations behind Roger Goodell and the NFL owners putting their finger on the scale.*** Every NFL fan has seen something the officials got wrong and screamed to the football gods (Vince Lombardi, Al Davis, and Pop Warner I guess)

“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing” -Edmond Burke — This past week, a good friend and I were arguing about this even though we are on the same side of it (we do that). He has two daughters that are under 10 years old. And if they take after their mother, my friend is in very big trouble. …

Don’t hit women, people. — My grandfather used to say, “You don’t hit women.” Ok Grandpa, what if she is hitting you? “Stop them, maybe grab them, but men don’t hit women.” Ok Grandpa, what if she has a knife? “Try to get it from her before she stabs you, but you don’t hit women.” …

The story of how 32 teams made the most powerful media companies on the planet beg to pay them $375,000,000 each a year for the next 7 years. — One of the first pieces I wrote on Medium that attracted any attention was a piece about AT&T buying Warner Brothers and the upwards of $150 Billion in debt they amassed doing it. I said it was a “bad idea” and would “blow up in their face”. While most of…

We warned you. With all due respect Mr. President, you are an idiot. You had one job when Merrick Garland decided to reread the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test a third time, instead of your file. That was to use your power over the broken toys you call “your base” for…

If you hate football but love marketing, you are going to love this — **Disclaimer Everything in this piece has been scrupulously fact-checked and is 100% accurate, except for the parts I made up*** The Bowl tradition is uniquely American and old as hell. Technically the first bowl game was played in 1902 in Pasadena. …