Samson the cat is over 15, no spring chicken in cat years. But he is still spry and active. He manages to jump on the counter when we are not looking and likes to follow along when we walk the dogs. He’s not as fat as he once was and in older cats a little…
Category Archives: Pleasantries
I remember being on the phone with a client who was refusing to pay for services that were completed, and delivered, and actually out in market being used. And he said to me, “you know, you aren’t very nice. If you were nicer to me I might want to pay. But I don’t want to…
A couple of weeks ago I went with my daughter when she got her tattoo. If you have tattoos you know that what you want to say is “her first” because it’s hard to stop at one, but for now just “her tattoo.” She is 19 and a junior in college living in her own house…
Maybe you have heard that the presumptive quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers has opted out of standing for the National Anthem. Maybe you have not heard this because you don’t pay attention to quasi-political sports news. It’s rapidly becoming quasi-sports political news but I have yet to see it on the front page of…
The cats have their spots. When in doubt of their location there are a half dozen of so standard places to check before you need to break out the cookie bag and start shaking it. They have a smaller number of nighttime spots, really only a few but they do a funny thing these cats…
Want more time in your day, less stress, and to feel more accomplished? There’s a process for that… I tend to write more life opinion and less work focus, but I think developing processes for functioning is really important for everything we do. Note – I didn’t say “routines” though those can be a part…
For the last two years, in addition to the other work I do, I have been a part of a “start-up.” The word “start-up” seems to be Silicon Valley speak for unprofitable company, or maybe technology based company but I don’t really know what is not technology based anymore. I have a friend who works…
Recently in the Baltimore airport I met a lovely woman and I let her rub me all over. Well not entirely all over, but back, arms, neck and head so a lot of body was covered. And it occurred to me that it was in fact a little odd that I was letting a perfect stranger…
Have you ever ridden a bus? Either a long-haul trip or just a local. Even a school bus experience will do if that is all you have had. When you get on the bus that’s it, you are on the bus until the next stop. Long or short that’s it – you are stuck until…
Another shooting. An horrific shooting. Lives lost, lives changed, new terror. Again. Since the shooter is dead we can’t ask, “so what exactly lead you to this point?” We can make assumptions, we can infer and guess but we can’t totally know and I’m not sure it even really matters. The people who are injured,…
Faith Works 