Your celebrity-like employees: Gauging happiness and anger before they quit As a manager you have to be attuned to the emotional ups and downs of staff. At least the good managers are. Recently, I noted to another manager colleague that I believed certain people were unhappy and […]
Nine movies and many television shows in a fog of medication and a 20 hour flight For a film minor in college, aficionado and intended graduate school enrollee, I have had an odd relationship with films lately. I just don’t go to the movies much anymore. Even at […]
The coldest winter is a summer in San Fran and the most stressful event is a birthday party Making lists for the day, for the week, for the month and for the year is an entrenched part of our modern-day lives. For the last few weeks there has […]
I’m ready for another travel adventure Ok. So, I just got back from Australia, where sadly I brought back a parasite with me. It hung out in my colon and wrought havoc in my life a few weeks. Yet, I still have the travel bug (pun […]
The wheels go round and round in my head Lately life has been a bit topsy turvy. At times I feel like my eyes are spinning with no relief in sight. This street art in Australia captured my current state of mind perfectly. At times […]
It’s a Mad, Halargian World: no ketchup for you, crazy sea mushrooms and stinky aliens hanging out in deep Utah craters I woke up to the sound of fire fighters arriving yet again to investigate some odd, gas smell at my neighbor’s house. It was 5:30am and […]
My sad Haiku (rather tanka): Parasite ate my summer One day it was over Parasite ate my summer Now the leaves turn red Yet, the sunlight skipped my skin Parasite burrowed my life
You really like me: One lovely blog award My mom loved the movie Norma Rae which may be where in part I get my activism yearning for social justice. Of course, my mom also loved The Flying Nun. I just don’t get that television show […]
Tripping the road in Curacao Due to a hurricane that stranded us in Curacao for a few extra days, I got to go on a road trip of sorts on the small island nation of curacao. It was a grand adventure where smack dab in the Caribbean […]
Rabbit, Rabbit on this Labor Day: May you be productive but balanced Rabbit, rabbit. Ok. Had to get that out of the way. Ever since boarding school I have said “rabbit, rabbit” every morning the first day of the month. I didn’t really dig into the […]