Tom’s 95.8 year old Mom is/has been under the weather. He’s commuting almost daily between Vermont, Boston, and D.C./Annapolis. (If all goes better—well, he says, is too much to ask—he’ll be on his way to Lagos & Port Harcourt, Nigeria, next Monday—as the “fall season” for business advice begins.) (Tom also declared himself pleased with his Career Education Corporation speech last week—that seldom happens—and he urges you to download the PowerPoint Deck; comments welcome.)