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​Amusing or Interesting Supplements to my

College Common App Essay
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​Welcome to my 
secret webpage that you only arrived at because you read the link in my Common App Essay.  Thank you for coming here.  

This provides a little more color or detail for many of the things mentioned in my Common App Essay.  This includes things like goofy photos, downloadable papers, presentation clips, and things you might find useful, interesting, or at least  funny.




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Here's a baby picture of me grabbing for more foie gras. No more need for apple sauce when I have this stuff.
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Here's the "Food Rules" paper I published in May. Do not operate heavy machinery when reading it.
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Some lucky kids get dragged by their parents to the Eiffel Tower. I get to drag my lucky parents to a hear my research talk at on conference. Se magnifique!
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Here's my sister holding our family mission statement that hangs over our dinner table. I'm the person on the left in the photo, and my dad's on the right trying to herd all of the cats. The first letter of each phrases in the mission statement spell out our last name.

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First Step.
Answer the Questions

Do you know what might be preventing your company or team from recovering as fast at could? 

Resilience Assessor will identify what's getting in the way, how you compare to other companies in your industry, and what you can do about it to improve.

​All it will requires are honest, realistic answers to about 30 questions.
Take Your Assessment
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Second Step.
Benchmark Against Others

Resilience Assessor  will also show you how well you compare with other companies.  It will show your strengths, but it will also specifically point to any weaknesses or hidden cracks in your organization's recovery culture.  

Third Step.
​Your Plan to Improve

The Resilience Assessor will identify the relative strengths and weaknesses that may be preventing strong and sustainable growth.  But what it will also give you is a way to a way to compare how you can best improve.  For instance, some solutions might include consulting, coursework, or online training, but it could also include options that cost little or nothing.

Resilience Assessor is a do-it-yourself self assessment.  However, if you would like to discuss the results with advisors who have worked with a wide range of organizations, probably similar to yours, those options will be available at the end of the assessment.   Best wishes. 

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Take Your Assessment

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The Next
​Play it Forward Workshop

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Our next Finger Lakes workshop on how to Play it Forward  is on Saturday January 10, 2026, from 10:00-11:30.  

It will be at the Lansing Area Performance Hall at  1004 Auburn Road in Lansing NY.

Email if you wish to attend by Zoom, and we'll give you the link.

What Your Audience Might Say


• "Oh, wow, that brought a tear to my eye. Brilliant that you've been so generous in bringing this enjoyment to so many."
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• "Such a heart warming performance.  I can see you are. a lovely person inside and out.  You can see how much the audience enjoyed your playing."


• "What a great idea.  The audience is loving it. Music is a good memory spark for everyone, but especially good for Alzheimers."

Contact Us

If you would like to get your feet wet and play a couple songs in the middle of a show, email me,

​I'll help you find someone in your area who you can shadow.

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