“What was that for?” she said, eyebrows crossed. “What was what for?” I replied, instantly on alert that I’d done something bad. “That laugh,” she said, clearly pissed off. “You laughed at me.” “Nothing,” I said, scrambling for solid ground. “I just walked in and saw you sitting there eating[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Forget Daylight Saving Time — Live in Your Own Time Zone
Bet you didn’t know that China and India have just one standard time zone despite being enormous countries that span a whole bunch of geographical time zones. Should we do that in America? How the bleep should I know? The amount of media attention given to daylight saving time is[…] Read On
News: How’s a Memoir Sound?
I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty bummed about Alex Trebek having stage 4 pancreatic cancer. And Luke Perry dying of a massive stroke. You know the drill – we all have stories of loved ones and stuff. Besides, the older you get the more that sort of thing affects you.[…] Read On
CenturyLink: How Not to Build a Telecom Giant
Over the past decade or so CenturyLink has been on a massive buying spree, acquiring Level 3, Qwest, Embarq and about a dozen other telecom companies for more than $50 billion. Guess what the company is valued at today? $100 billion? $75 billion$ $50 billion? If you said $25 billion[…] Read On
And You Thought College was Supposed to Be About Education
This is a pop-up quiz. Don’t like quiz’s? Tough. You’ll like this one. Promise. See if you can figure out what’s wrong with this ad for Associate Dean of Students for Inclusion and Belonging, Harvard University (hints highlighted in yellow, quiz at the end): Quiz (choose all correct answers): The[…] Read On
Never Cave to the Social Media Mob
Budding author Kosoko Jackson pulled his debut young adult novel, A Place for Wolves, after a prerelease version blew up Twitter and Goodreads. Seems the social media mob had a problem with the book’s insensitive treatment of LGBTQ and Muslim characters: From me to the Book Community: I’m Sorry. pic.twitter.com/sFXQAlQCk9[…] Read On
The Case for Climbing the Corporate Ladder
Yeah runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads Runnin’ down a dream – Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Mike Campbell Great careers don’t just happen. You have to make them happen. And sometimes, when things aren’t working, you have to[…] Read On