Category: People & Society

  • “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver [More]

  • Appreciating and Loving People is What Valentines Day is About

    February is a great time to think about all the relationships in your life. I coincidentally happened to get a timely book out of the library this week. I didn’t know what it was about, but the cover looked interesting. Yes, I judge books by their cover! The book is called Every Day by David Levithan and…

  • McDonald’s announced a new CEO, the only breaking news of today

    Today McDonalds announced their new CEO, Steve Easterbrook. Of course congratulations are in order, but this isn’t Steve’s first time being in the C-suite. I don’t often publicize the fact that I love mcnuggies and a shamrock shake now and then, mostly because younger generations aren’t in love with McDonalds like our parents were. Steve has already…

  • Why Miss Piggy is the Best Female Role Model

    Winter is back, and Disney Frozen merchandise is everywhere. It’s a successful franchise founded on the view that the females characters are good role models for young girls. It’s easy to see how many movies have flat female characters, and sometimes, even when you think you have a strong female lead in a movie or…

  • Building Effective Teams to Boost Morale

    While this segment from the IT Crowd pokes fun at teams and teamwork it is a very real and important part of a good work environment. Not everyone will be able to do everything, and once you hire people you may find they don’t fit into the workplace like you imagined. A good leader however understands the…

  • Google – They’re Everywhere

    Google has become a crazy big company in my lifetime. When they didn’t exist and the internet was still so new, I remember all the other search networks you would have to use to find what you were looking for. Having google to care more about useful search metrics and less about ad revenue was…

  • 4 Airplane Assholes to Avoid Being

    I have been flying more and more these days, and the whole experience is still amazing to me. We are able to jettison a huge hunk of metal in the air and then safely drop it from the sky exactly where we want. You get such a great view from up there and the only…

  • Weekend Project: Sanding My Maverick

    I should have posted before, but the VW bus was painted a little while back. It looks much better in green and white than it did in bright red! The interior still needs some cleaning, but I enjoy doing the interior work so I will probably have that taken care soon enough. The next car…

  • New Cellphone

    So I recently went on an adventure or sorts to get a new cellphone. I had never had a problem with Verizon, but I wanted to upgrade from my old flip phone to a more functional smartphone. As much as I wanted to get on Sprint’s unlimited data plan, they just didn’t cover my area…

  • 2012 – Happy New Year

    Another new year is upon us and it would seem everyone is busy making new years resolutions, best of 2011 lists, and predicting 2012. We all want the new year to be better than the last, and goal setting is how we aim to better ourselves. Before making my goals for the new year, I…

  • Interesting Article: Empathetic Rats

    I highly recommend you read the full article for this. It is fascinating that these rats would be able to understand the pain of their friends and help them. I think the truly amazing part of the study is that when made to choose between setting their friend free and sharing food, eating the food…

  • Weekend Project: Sanding the VW Bus

    Weekends are always busy for me. I have to take care of all those things in the week I was too tired to do after work like laundry, dishes, and cleaning in general. But every so often I catch-up with my to-do list and have some time for a weekend project. This weekend I am…