We just got through the third week of January. Most of our colleagues are back from their vacations facing a world of backlogged work, new unrealistic year-long agendas and still uncertain economic times. It’s enough to make anyone batty and perhaps a little socially awkward. This week’s wacky […]
If you hear a woman screaming for help in the middle of the night, more than likely you are going to help. Or so you believe. However, Kitty Genovese screamed and screamed decades ago, many in the neighborhood looked out their windows, and no one helped out. She […]
Assuredly, you have had one of those weeks where it started off stressfully and ended with you in an emotional vat of ennui. I knew this week was going to be tough. I had been eagerly anticipating this week for it was make or break time. I was […]
Forget that 35.7% of Americans are considered obese and if you add those that are considered overweight the percentage rises to 69.2%. This isn’t about that. Hell, I’m completely within the lower end of my acceptable BMI range and a California female doctor told me I was fat […]
Locked inside a tired and mired icy mind Contemplating the webbed intricacies of lies Pronouncements of grandeur do not create truths Even with a hungry devouring cadre of sweet tooth The coiled screen will no longer filter Come as you are to face the raging […]
The television is blaring “It’s a Wonderful Life” where Jimmy Stewart plays the character of George Bailey who is a despairingly frustrated businessman who wishes he had not been born. His whole life he has sacrificed for others, putting his dreams on hold and even losing the hearing […]
Dear Mr. Stinkbug This is not a love song. I most certainly do not love you like a love song. This is not a love letter. This is most definitely not an ode. This is also not a Taylor Swift “I once loved you but you done me […]
There must be a way to untie this bind Yet the pull and ferocious tugs are to no avail Hungrily frustrated, erratic and unrefined Roaring like a wild, caged-up animal Desperation begets gnawing The coarse ties taste of bitterness, dirt and lies Stop, pull back, and assess Calm […]
A quiet dignity and stoic grace A kind-hearted gentle, yet majestic lion A quiet strength roaring onto a rapturous face A bright twinkle in his eye A seemingly genuine laughing smile 27 jailed off years did not lead to his heart’s demise Wide extended arms would reach up […]
Do you remember that Loverboy’s song “working for the weekend”? I wished that applied to me. Instead I work all weekend long. So, I work during the workweek so that I can keep working on the weekend. Such is life in the non-profit understaffed, bleed-you-to-death world. Besides working […]
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