Besides working full-time and owning a business, I am on a board of directors, enjoy academic research, play in a men's hockey league, and have traveled a good portion of the world.Thanks for reading and I look forward to being a part of the community here.Derek

I can put together a big order and have most of the material on the jobsite, but there will still be alot of things that are missed, requiring the "handy-men" to make multiple store runs.

I believe in practicing the same standards in business.I have only been a member  for only about a month but I must say that I am truly inspired by the the men and women that I have had a chance to meet.

Lee Greenwood said it very well in his song:GOD BLESS THE USAIf tomorrow all the things were gone,I'd worked for all my life.And I had to start again,with just my children and my wife.I'd thank my lucky stars,to be livin' here today.Cause the flag still stands for freedom,and they can't take that away.And I'm proud to be an American,where at least I know I'm free.And I wont forget the men who died,who gave that right to me.And I gladly stand up,next to you and defend her still today.Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,God bless the USA.From the lakes of Minnesota,to the hills of Tennessee.Across the plains of Texas,From sea to shining sea.From Detroit down to Houston,and New York to L.A.Well there's pride in every American heart,and its time we stand and say.That I'm proud to be an American,where at least I know I'm free.And I wont forget the men who died,who gave that right to me.And I gladly stand up,next to you and defend her still today.Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,God bless the USA.And I'm proud to be and American,where at least I know I'm free.And I wont forget the men who died,who gave that right to me.And I gladly stand up,next to you and defend her still today.Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,God bless the USA.Remember, "Tough times don't last, tough people do!"

This reminds me of a Rudyard Kipling Poem, titled:IFIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated, don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools:If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breathe a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

Real and close examination shows most gurus to be nothing more than pitch men or actors.

Given the choice a lot of men would opt for a greater ability to control their ability to get a woman pregnant without the encumberances of a condom.

"Evil prevails when good men do nothing."

haha...you had me wondering whether or not I should call the men in white gowns :)

I've tried it and to be honest my lawyer didn't know HALF the stuff my non-lawyer negotiator knew AND TO top it all off, the turn around sucked.My biggest problem with the lawyers was they were just middle men.