Many people are black or white thinkers. They don’t like gray. They don’t do nuance. Others live completely in the gray zone. I, for one, live in the gray. More often than not, I’m comfortable living in the gray. I think such a framework has helped me move […]
For some reason, I catch early flights. Well, I purposefully chose early flights. The airports are less crowded. Although, airports are seemingly busier and busier even at 4am. I’m always shocked when I see people checking in to their flights before 5am. For some reason I always think […]
I will keep this short today as I have a meeting to run back to. Not a thrilling meeting. In a way, I want to just take my time. However, I do not wish to dwell on something so inconsequential. I just want to get it out of […]
In this day and age there are still people who do not use the out-of-office reply message. And sometimes that is because they don’t know how to use it or sometimes it means something about how you perceive yourself. but let me not get ahead of myself here. […]
I am going to start off this bit with a universal truth about myself. I love Coca Cola products. And, Coke Zero is by far the best ever. I am an unabashed Cola fan. Many try to dissuade me and cite health facts about drinking water. Blah blah […]
I hate hype. I really hate hype. I don’t know how many of you remember when there was a sense of unbelievable hype around the Segway. Before it made its market debut, many noted that the Segway would change the world. Yes, people were ranting and raving about […]
What my spam email says about me… or not I try to not take many things personally. I laugh and giggle a lot and get over arguments fairly quickly. I most assuredly hardly ever get bothered by the crazy things staff or partners have to say. […]
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 […]
I grew up performing for my family on Sunday afternoons after church. My performances consisted of song, dance and storytelling. A lot of my acts entailed the spoken word. Back then words had meaning. These days we barely use words. We are one acronym short of a collective […]
Once upon a time, I would sit at a desk, work on my resume and print it out on special resume paper. You know that nice thick stock paper that was slightly off-white or, rather, ivory-colored. It had a nice watermark and 100% cotton fiber. It was meant […]
