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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

I Carry a Badge: Officer Imposter

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Every once in a while there's an article on someone pretending to be a police man. They Internet-order a blue light for the top of thei...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

"My Father Was the Keeper of the Eddystone Light"

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Well, no, actually, he wasn't. (Although he did spend 4 years in the Navy in WW II.) Nor was my mother the mermaid that the keeper court...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Analyze This (Your Call May Be Monitored)

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Like 99.9999% of everyone else in the world, when I call a company I am not interested in ending up in voice response hell. A couple of le...
Friday, June 27, 2008

Pay-Day, Pay-Day

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I was certainly heartened to read that, despite all the  recent economic sturm und drang, CEO pay continues to rise. AP broke the good news ...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

John deGraaf's "Vacation Act of 2008"

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There was a recent article by Alina Tugend in The New York Times on the importance of taking vacations - timely, given that this is the fir...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

She's a Lady.....Sega's EMA

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A couple of weeks ago, Sega  Toys announced a "girl" robot that sings, dances, and, when in "love mode", kisses. It (s...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

This Bud's pour vous....

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I'm not a beer drinker. If and when I do have a beer, it's usually a Black and Tan (Guinness and Harp combo) in an Irish pub. But so...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Survey Says: Scandalous Behavior in the Workplace

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When I was growing up, Spam was one of my favorite foods. I can still remember the somewhat chemical taste, burning the tip of my tongue. We...
Friday, June 20, 2008

How to Learn that You're Getting a Pink Slip

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You can have someone tap you on your shoulder and ask you to come along with them. ("We have to talk.") You can be told unoffici...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

In The Midst of Plenty

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I'll admit, when it comes to the high price of gasoline, I have not been at my sympathetic best. I don't own a car, and I rarely d...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Field Trip

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When I was in grammar school, there was no such thing as a field trip. Oh, maybe public schools (a.k.a., "pubs") - with their lo...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Career Moves

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While I didn't watch Meet The Press with any regularity, I was a something of a fan and admirer of its late host, Tim Russert. He alway...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Celebrating Bloomsday

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Today is Bloomsday, the day on which the action in James Joyce's a) brilliant; b) difficult; c) both a and b; master word, Ulysses ,  ta...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Funding Your Retirement on eBay

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I had lunch a few weeks ago with my friend Pat, and she told me that she'd read somewhere that a lot of retirees are funding their retir...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Idealist.org

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A former client sent me a link to Idealist.Org , which is dedicated to volunteerism and nonprofit careers. Now, I have no illusion whatsoe...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

How People Are Spending Their Stimulus

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I'm no economist, but I really don't see that sending most taxpayers $600 - an amount at once wildly generous and far too measly -  ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Recession Proof Jobs

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A week or so ago, I saw an article in The Boston Globe on recession-proof jobs. High on the list are math and science teaching jobs, as w...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Bench Clearing Brawl

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I was at the Red Sox game the other night - my first of the year. Sox beat Tampa Bay, wresting possession of first place from the Rays. A fu...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Thoughts prompted by Jack Mitchell's "Hug Your People"

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Well, my first thought on seeing the title of this book was, 'what is this guy, nuts?' While I am an admitted workplace hugger, I kn...