I have successfully avoided having any video games .on my phone for several years. But then a couple of days ago, in a moment of weakness, and for no justifiable reason, I decided to download a Solitaire app. And it didn't take long before I became addicted. I would tell myself, "just one more game", … Continue reading Why Did I Do This to Myself?
Category: humor
How To Interpret Digital Body Language and Emails, or Not
Given that so many people have been working from home, the nature of work has changed dramatically this past year. Instead of having meetings face to face, meetings are now being conducted via Zoom. Instead of just stopping by someone's desk to ask them a question, we now send them an email. And something is … Continue reading How To Interpret Digital Body Language and Emails, or Not
I Always Assumed I Was the Norm, But I May Be the Exception
A story in the Huffington Post this week looked at how much time and money men spend onĀ grooming themselves. Now I like to think I'm a regular guy, and that most guys are like me. My goal with grooming is to spend as little time and money as possible. At this point, I typically … Continue reading I Always Assumed I Was the Norm, But I May Be the Exception
The Third Time Is a Charm
Given the nature of what was covered in my classes yesterday, I decided to teach virtually using Zoom. I feel pretty comfortable using Zoom, but it had been a while since I used it for a full class. In addition, this would be my first time using a Windows-based laptop for Zoom, since my Macbook … Continue reading The Third Time Is a Charm
You May Need a Better Password
ID Agent, a dark web monitoring company owned by IT software companyĀ Kaseya, says it identified the most common stolen passwords found on the dark web in 2020Ā based on a scanĀ of nearly 3 million passwords. If you don't know what the dark web is, then you're better off staying in the dark, and away from the … Continue reading You May Need a Better Password
The Schultz Hour
Do you ever feel like you never seem to have time for yourself, time that you would like to use to think about big picture stuff? Well in his latest Pinkcast, Dan Pink shares a technique he learned from George Schultz, former Secretary of the State, that may offer some help. While Schultz was Secretary … Continue reading The Schultz Hour
Now Is the Time… Lazy Dog
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party." "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party." "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Do those sentences look familiar … Continue reading Now Is the Time… Lazy Dog
The Power of Free
A group of researchers offered participants of a study a choice between purchasing aĀ Hershey ās Kiss chocolate for 1-cent ($0.01) or Lindt Lindor chocolate truffle for 15 cents ($0.15). The participants, recognizing this as a good deal since the price differential in a supermarket would be larger than 14 cents between the two options, overwhelmingly … Continue reading The Power of Free
You Can Do This, Jimmy
You've got this, Jimmy. You can write a blog post that people will find both informative and entertaining. You've come up with some good headlines in the past, Jimmy. You can do it again. Sorry, I was just trying to psyche myself up (for some unknown reason, when I refer to myself in the third … Continue reading You Can Do This, Jimmy
Here’s Something You Probably Never Wondered About – the History of Clapping
I heard another great Geico commercial on the radio today, and one of the lines was asking about how clapping ever got started. Why would you celebrate something by hitting yourself, the announcer questioned. It gave me pause, and I wondered "how did clapping originate?" Forty years ago it may have been hard to answer … Continue reading Here’s Something You Probably Never Wondered About – the History of Clapping
Borden's Blather 