Suffering From Premature Exasperation?

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“Just listen to this email from Ellen!”  The sarcasm clung to the air as Rob cleared his throat.
In his best Bette Davis sneer, Rob began to read Ellen’s email to me over the phone.
“Rob, I don’t understand where you came up with the cost numbers for Phase 2.  I think they are too low.  Maybe [...]

Slapped By Surprise!

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The small town spinster stands in the spotlight at center stage. Her unruly salt and pepper curls embrace a pudgy, homely face atop a marshmallow body draped in a frumpy dress.
A man in the audience rolls his eyes in disgust and sneers at the woman.
The melody beings and a beautiful voice slices through the [...]

Hot at 50

Chevy Apache - Fabulous at 50

How my grandfather kept his truck on the road, I’ll never know.
A trip with my grandfather was like riding the roller coaster at Six Flags but without seat belts or a sissy bar.
In typical Type A fashion, he drove like a bat out of Honolulu while talking a mile a minute pointing and looking [...]

You can’t escape who you are.

It happened again this week. I was talking with a fellow I had just met when he suddenly observed, “You’re like a lightning bolt!”.
Yes, that me. A lightning bolt. I can’t help myself. It’s in my DNA.
In my first ‘real’ job, I got sick of listening to my co-workers sit [...]

To Give or Not to Give? What Do You Think?

I’ve been talking to pink slip professionals – talented, highly motivated people who are now searching for a job. Sprinkled throughout our discussions on job search strategies and survival how-to’s, these exasperated and bored professionals frequently exclaim: “I would work for free just to get out of the house and feel like I’m contributing.”
That [...]

Talking out of both sides of Microsoft’s Mouth

Microsoft’s new ad campaign, People Ready, is now trumpeting what most of us have known for years – the old mantra…’It’s not personal, it’s just business’…. is a bunch of malarkey. In what first appears to be an editorial filled with typical CEO mumbo jumbo, Microsoft uses a red highlighter to cut through the [...]

Paying to Unplug… and the Sad Future of Lettuce

I love to read AdAge. For me, it’s like a match that ignites that “What if…” place in my brain. For instance, in Lenore Skenazy’s January 12th article, Extinction, Innovation and the Sad Future of Iceberg Lettuce, futurist Richard Watson, author of Future Files: The Five Trends That Will Shape the Next 50 [...]