Several months ago, a friend of mine wrote an excellent guest post titled, Corporate Fluff. His mission was to free us all from the trenches of corporate slavery! The post starts off like this: “The corporate world and the office work model are too full of corporate fluff and their own bullshit that business, companies…
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Carousel — 02.12.10
Hello my darling readers. By the time you read this I will be cruising at around 30,000 feet or so above the Earth. I am headed south for a few days on business. Unfortunately, even though I am going to South Carolina (where it’s supposed to be warm!) the forecast is calling for a few…
An Unexpected Encounter
I had an interesting encounter at the nail salon earlier this week. The salon owners are long-time family friends — a gorgeous Vietnamese couple with two beautiful children. The nail technicians there are also Vietnamese; however unlike the owners, their English is very poor and they are mostly recent immigrants to the United States. When…
Take Back Valentine's Day
Yes, I know – merely mentioning this Hallmark Holiday to some results in sneers and eye-rolling, while others simply feel sad and left out, or perhaps pressured to make precisely the right purchase to prove their devotion to a sweetheart. I’ve certainly experienced all three of those reactions myself, most often the sneering and eye-rolling…
Review: How to be Rich and Happy
Imagine being able to do whatever you want, whenever you want, for the rest of your life. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Well that is exactly the premise of the e-book, How to be Rich and Happy, by John P. Strelecky and Tim Brownson. The book explains, step by step, what you can do to…
