July 15, 2026 Chris Weil For five years, 1963 to 1968, I served what I now recognize as my professional apprenticeship, a period which resulted in my evolving from clueless to modestly clueful. Most apprenticeships are clearly identified as such. Mine was not. The company I worked for, Investors Diversified Services (“IDS”), had no formal apprenticeship program. There were a few months of basic training in product familiarization and sales techniques, then into the pool you w

January 15, 2026 Chris Weil “But to convey my own feelings, I cannot do better than to quote from a brilliant and perceptive lecture I heard years ago in Cambridge by the painter John Minton … in which he said of his own artistic creations ‘the important thing is to be there when the picture is painted.’ And this, it seems to me, is partly a matter of luck and partly good judgement, inspiration and persistent application.” - From “The Double Helix: A Personal View” by Fran