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If there are too many good career things happening it can turn toxic. Too many demands on us can do harm, whether just impacting the quality and timeliness of our work or actually causing us health-threatening stress. Then we need to be more ruthless in prioritizing the relevant and important things in our life.
Good things and the Vortex of Doom Read More »
The news stand in November 1955. Concerns over seemliness. How to get to Mexico, and how to party when you get there. Women with knives. The Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday coupe. New stars, new clothes, new parties, new places. What’s the deal with leaves? The mystery of “food drivers.” Geese. The headquarters for all the police. The dangers of false values of love.
A trip to the newsstand when I was born Read More »
Business leaders recognize that poor mental health imposes huge costs on companies in the form of disability claims, poor performance, absenteeism, and employee turnover.
Talking about mental health Read More »
No, we aren’t shaming you and making fun of you because you aren’t vaccinated. If we are shaming you and making fun of you it is because of two other things.
No, we aren’t shaming you and making fun of you because you aren’t vaccinated Read More »
By the time you read this I should be out of the hospital complete with a nifty new cyborg knee that will help me run faster and jump higher, or at least stroll around the arboretum in town without being in constant pain.
I have a new knee! Read More »
It was a situation that would be perfectly fine and manageable if everyone showed a little patience and understanding. This is too much to ask of some, apparently.
Entitled jerkiness Read More »
I miss playing cards. It’s a remnant from an earlier era, before streaming media and smart phones, when family would pass the evenings in such a simple, timeless way.
Yeah, I’ve been away for a while. You know, the pandemic and all. And plans got changed. But the good news is that I wrote a novel and now I’m querying. So here’s an explanation and an apology.
A photo from the last period of my life when I was seriously writing fiction. It was also a time when I knew how to find fantastic vintage clothes and put them together to make a very cool look.
Me, San Francisco, 1984 Read More »
If you walk around downtown Dallas in mid-morning or early afternoon the only people you’ll see on the street are derelicts, panhandlers, and tourists trying to manage those motorized scooters after a little day drinking. And you wonder, how could that be? Where are all the people?
City Series: The emptiness of Dallas, Texas Read More »