As I hung out with my son encouraging him to fall asleep, he asked me “will you be here in the morning when I get up?” I thought that was strange and assured him that of course I would be there. I asked him why he was […]
EARLY TO RISE Happiness. I am in my all-time favorite place taking a well-deserved break. Hawaii! If it weren’t for the fact that toilet paper is so expensive here (an indicator of a high cost of living) I would leave my near-impossible-to-accomplish job and expensive San Francisco house […]
At this point in our rapidly moving world, i do not know many people that do not keep or create to-do lists. I have my daily, as well as weekly and yearly to-do lists. They keep me going and on task. They also keep me motivated and severely […]
Sometimes it depends on whether the shark decides to eat you or not It is at times a dog-eat-dog world. Of course, growing up I thought it was a doggie dog world. I thought, why yes dogs do rule! Then somewhere in my mid 20s I learned the […]
These days you would be a fool to not realize any email you send out has a good possibility of being seen by people you originally didnt intend to read the email. These days people forward emails, respond in blind copies to others, or involve other people in […]
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte I have got a secret. Well, no. Let me rephrase. I know a secret. I have information that a certain other wishes that I did not have. I not only know a secret, I also […]
There may or may not be doors but we can find our way in Throughout my life there have been many doors that I have had to walk through, at times perhaps crawl through. Some doors have been opened for me. Others, I have had to push my […]
Unintelligible minion babble This morning a former colleague and I were exchanging snarky emails as we have tended to do over the past 8 years that we have known each other. Our sense of humor is not for the weak or faint of heart. Which is why we […]
A decent proposal: HR benefits should include feces-throwing monkeys HR benefits should include feces-throwing monkeys. Yes, There I said it. Think about it. As i walked through the city streets of New York for one last time before heading out on my cross-country trip and move, i overhead […]
Dora and that troll under the bridge Dora the Explorer is a cartoon that centers around a Hispanic American girl named Dora, who is constantly on a quest accompanied by her talking purple backpack and anthropomorphic monkey named Boots. Dora the explorer is an empowering toddler cartoon meant […]