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Every December the man in the red suit delivers cheer and presents to millions of happy children around the world. It seems like magic, but a closer..
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December 14 , 2018.
Happy Hollow Lean
Today is a favorite holiday for me, full of make-believe supernatural and candy, and unencumbered for the most part by significance. For this..
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October 31 , 2017.
Lean Society
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This quote from George Orwell’s political allegory, Animal Farm, occurred to..
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July 21 , 2017.
A few of my favorite....books
During a recent Tea Time with The Toast Dude webinar, I shared a few of my favorite books. These are the books that I recommend to students of Lean..
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December 06 , 2016.
Musical Kata
I sang baritone and sometimes tenor in the St. John’s Lutheran Church choir according the key of the hymn were rehearsing and also depending upon who..
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February 17 , 2015.
Always Made in America
[Blogger’s Note: A couple of important events coming up in the next couple weeks give me an opportunity to showcase a great American manufacturer in..
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April 23 , 2014.
Valu Ngineering
My son, Ben, asked me last week, “How come the bacon cooks better on Grandma’s pan?” I’d just fried up some bacon using a pan handed down from my..
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March 05 , 2013.
Early Bloomers
This winter has presented folks in my clime with a perpetual blanket of snow that hides most of the welcome signs of an approaching spring. There is..
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February 26 , 2013.