I am the type of person who hates group activities. Do you know that silly job interview question “do you prefer group or individual assignments?” (Or some variation thereof). I hardly ever believe interviewees when they answer that they prefer group assignments. And when I do believe the […]
I have slowly, very slowly, been preparing for my upcoming trip to South Africa. I booked my tickets many weeks ago but have not had a chance to think about my trip as I have been so busy at work and life in general. I just […]
I am used to being the only girl around. I worked for ten years at a non-profit that was about 90% men. At my first real job a few decades ago, all my “real” friends were men. When I went to graduate school and my whole cohort […]
I am not a huge Ramones fan by any stretch of the imagination. I do not believe I even have one song of theirs on my iPod. They were a punk band before my my time really. And as a South Bronx girl I was not that […]
It was around 100 degrees today and my office experienced a rolling blackout. Lights came back on but the internet didn’t. Of course with no internet, the whole office didn’t know what to do with itself. What did people do back in the day in their cubicles, before […]
I have a confession to make. I was asked to run for a elected officer position with an academic association that I had been affiliated with for a while. I am too busy with work, family and life in general to take on yet another task. Especially […]
I have never really liked flying despite having a job that required me to travel for ten years. One could argue I was a bit of a masochist. I not only hated flying, I feared it. I hate the takeoff most of all. The first 10 minutes […]
I lived in Europe many years ago for a year. Specifically, I lived in Spain. I have been there, done that in terms of the ex-patriot living abroad thing. It was cool. I would probably live abroad again. However, I probably wouldn’t do it in France. First off, I am […]
I am sure that you have recently clicked on a news story thinking you were about to read about a particular topic as advertised by the article title and halfway through the article you came to find it was nothing at all as advertised. At that point […]
I am an extremely messy person. My office desk looks like food, papers and several unknowns exploded all over the place. I have 20 pairs of shoes strewn about under my desk. I have yellow pads everywhere with a scribble here and a scribble there. All […]