The fear of ghosts can definitely change behavior. For example, a few years ago we were awakened at 2:00 AM from the deepest slumber to the sound of a TV blaring in another part of the house. I first suspected our resident ghost that steals socks, hides spoons and sometimes makes those little creaky noises in the middle of the night. On closer inspection there appeared to be a more rational explanation. The solution to… Read More »Ghosts In The House
There are different degrees of failure. Even when specifically defined rules are suggested, failure is very subjective. Considering myself a recruiter rather than a social media expert, I hesitate to even offer advice on the subject, but there are some assumed rules of the Twitter highway that need to be broken and others which are so common-sense they should be mile markers etched in marble to show the way. For example, do following and follower… Read More »How to #Fail on Twitter
I recently read a comment by a friend that reflected my own impressions of the industrious ant as observed so many times in my life. He questioned why people don’t respond like a colony of ants when their home is destroyed. Without hesitation, they begin to restore the anthill until there is no evidence that it had ever been destroyed. Today I watched the results of ten years of human industriousness at work in the… Read More »The Ant Hill
As I sit down to write this, I have tears in my eyes. No, they are not tears of sadness. They are not tears of joy either. They are tears of cat allergy! My wife and I had added a clause to our marriage contract that we were done with pets in the house…until our daughter moved to Australia and couldn’t take her cats with her. The basic contract of “Until death do us part  Read More »A Tale of Two Kitties
One story that has been around for centuries gives us meaning today. From the Hebrew Bible comes the allegory of a quarrel between the olive tree, the fig tree and the grape vine about who should be king. Each decided to decline and keep their day jobs bearing fruit [actually, I added the “day job†part]. Only the lowly bramble steps up and begins making threats to the others as to the consequences of not… Read More »Are You a Bramble Bush?