Archive for April 2014

Inquiring minds want to know. I remember really having to work at the ol’ “dating thing” when I was a teenager. Arranging all of the stars in the universe to properly align at any particular moment in time never was an easy proposition for me. There wasn’t email or social media back in my hey day……

This question confounds me. Of course, I was confounded by yesterday’s response to the Encourager. I never thought so many of us would admit to staying connected to our phones and tablets while in the bathroom.  (We must enjoy leaping up to say, “Hey! I do this, too!”) But back to Ernie Harwell. He was…

I love my wife for lots of reasons. On most days I even appreciate her practical and common-sense clarity. And about half of the time, I’m grateful for her willingness to nudge me out of fantasy land. Yesterday I learned that 76% of all Americans use their smartphones, iPads, and other tablets while in the…

Don’t you wish every choice was this easy? Or maybe this isn’t such an easy choice after all… especially after you factor in sugar-free, caffeine-free, and whether you should even drink soda pop in the first place. Luckily, I’m a seasoned pro with a time-proven system for making tough decisions. Whenever I can’t decide what…

You might have been! So get ready to start bragging. After seeing this, you may even want to polish up (aka embellish) your résumé. Take a look! WOO HOO! It seems many of us are actually Pre-Internet Early Adopters of technology. To check out more of John Atkinson’s “Wrong Hands” humor, just click the image…

Want more than just meeting reminders in your inbox? I do. Most emails aren’t all that uplifting. Throw in those notes about upcoming deadlines, re-prioritized projects, assorted budget tightening guidelines, and those dang reply-backs that tell me I failed to include the actual attachment in my original “Urgent! Read this!” email… and you get the…