Let’s Face It, Our Kids Are Simply Smarter Than We Are Nothing is more grating on our nerves than a smart-aleck kid. We all either have one in our homes or we know one. These kids love to show us how much they know about technology, access information on the web far faster than weContinue reading “Face it, your kid is smarter than you.”
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What back pain has taught me about slowing down
For quite a few years now I have been plagued by back pain. It started when I misstepped while running a half-marathon in 2012. I stepped wrong, felt my spine compress, and ever since about every year or so I have a herniated disc that falls out of place and decides I am going toContinue reading “What back pain has taught me about slowing down”
Orlando! Slow down and stop killing walkers
This morning on the way to work I witnessed a near death. A car, turning into a parking lot just blew by a young woman who had to jump back to avoid becoming the latest casualty on Orlando’s roads. The car just kept going, the woman, visibly shaken stared the car down and then startedContinue reading “Orlando! Slow down and stop killing walkers”
Everything Gen X Learned About Dating They Learned from Alex and Ellen
Apologies to Chuck Klosterman and his notion that the Say Anything character of Lloyd Dobbler ruined dating for all of Gen X but I think there is a deeper influence on our relationship building. It all happened in 1987 on an episode of Family Ties. In that episode the main character Alex planted a nowContinue reading “Everything Gen X Learned About Dating They Learned from Alex and Ellen”
18 Ways I Hope to be Better Next Year
Its the season for reflection and renewal. And yes, I am a resolution guy, and yes, I often struggle to keep them. I think I know why. Most of us think of change as incremental. That there is a promise in making small changes that add up big or making that one big change thatContinue reading “18 Ways I Hope to be Better Next Year”
My 2017 Top 20 Albums – Pure Comedy!
2017 was a nice year for music. There was enough new and enough returning music to satisfy any music fan. There were big releases from the likes of Taylor Swift and U2 and plenty of pleasant surprises. This is my list of my 20 favorite albums with a small blurb for my top ten albums.Continue reading “My 2017 Top 20 Albums – Pure Comedy!”
The Simple Dignity in Being Allowed to Pay
I am sitting in the Boston Logan airport. My flight takes off for Orlando in about an hour and a half. I just spent the past 24 hours at a conference on free speech and expression. It is a typical business trip for me. I am at the airport bar, enjoying a pint and someContinue reading “The Simple Dignity in Being Allowed to Pay”
25 Albums GenXers Love that Millennials mostly know nothing about.
So in 2014 there was an article in Rolling Stone entitled 40 Albums Baby Boomers love that Millennials have never heard. I recently revisited that article and got to thinking. There are plenty of albums that us Gen Xers love that I bet most Millennials don’t know much, if anything about. So I compiled aContinue reading “25 Albums GenXers Love that Millennials mostly know nothing about.”
Hiring not to lose – The Sirens Call to Safety
In Arkansas, the Pulaski Academy football team never punts. They always go for it on 4th down and usually, they convert. This flies in the face of conventional wisdom when it comes to football. The cardinal rule is if you are stopped on third down you almost certainly punt the ball. There is just tooContinue reading “Hiring not to lose – The Sirens Call to Safety”
From Tomboys to Boy George – Generation X and Gender
As the late 1970s turned to the 1980s there were lots of changes on the culture front. The sexual revolution was in full swing, personal experimentation with everything from sex to drugs became more and more mainstream. But on thing remained taboo. Gender was still a static thing. For the most part people who expressedContinue reading “From Tomboys to Boy George – Generation X and Gender”
Considering Outloud 