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Tag Archives: politics

January 24, 2017

Time Flies, Maybe

Pleasantries change, Lyft, Munchery, personal growth, politics, TaskRabbit Leave a comment Maggie

I live in the Bay Area, on the west coast of the United States. We are the epicenter of new tech. The gig-economy such as it is experienced through our phones was born in my back yard. Not literally, if literally I would be wealthy and possibly not living in the Bay Area anymore. Then…

November 12, 2016

In defense of the Electoral College

Pleasantries choices, Electoral College, politics, responsibility Leave a comment Maggie

I don’t think anyone who knows me would think that I am happy about the election result, but just in case you wonder I will be explicit and say I am not happy about the result. For many, many, many reasons I was (and am) a supporter of Hillary. And I did a little to…

October 26, 2016

Nasty Women

Pleasantries Clinton, nasty women, politics, sexism, Trump, work 1 Comment Maggie

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…

September 5, 2016

Speaking, Standing, Saluting, or Not

Pleasantries 49ers, civil rights, Kaepernick, patriotism, politics, protest Leave a comment Maggie

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…

February 25, 2016

Trending in the Local Polls

Pleasantries immigration, police, politics, supreme court, tolerance Leave a comment Maggie

Sometimes we get a call from a polling group wanting to know an opinion on this thing or that thing in politics. Sometimes you can guess who has paid for the poll based on the questions or what the issue is that might be turning up on the next ballot, I think it’s part of…

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