How to Deal with the Manager from Hell. Earth, it seems, is populated with denizens from Hell. Dramatic, not? Words have become cheap. “From Hell.” “The Devil himself.” That balding little guy in the corner…
Who wants to go back to their girlfriend at home? All of us nodded. Someone in the group mumbled something about relaxing on his soft couch in front of the TV. The corporal held a…
Disconnection is the big one. The central fracture that creates more misery in the mind than almost anything else in this messy thing called human relationships. It is difficult as hell to understand what people…
Threads explode. Names get mentioned. People defend cyberbullying. Others recount past experiences in painful detail. The outrage moves into the churn. And here’s the thing. Very little action follows. Am I also guilty of…
Some questions cut back. They keep returning, century after century, generation to generation. They will stalk us as long as we are human and still failing at being it. Even when the machines rule, the…
Only the Alan Parsons could make a record as innovative, as exciting, as Ammonia Avenue! That’s a bold statement, but hey, it was the mid 80s! The clip is from a radio commercial. Some of…
I once wrote about my disappointment with the chrome-polished platitudes on LinkedIn, the shiny universal “truths” recycled inside an echo chamber where everyone nods at everything. Eventually I nuked my old account. Deleted years of…
Have you ever contemplated suicide? Not planned it, not obsessed over it, but contemplated it? Do you often label yourself as “lost,” or “broken?” How “lonely” are you? Sunday mornings, do they become dreaded signposts,…
Have you ever felt like throwing a chair across the room? In that moment when anger becomes more than data, more than a signal, what do you do? Have you ever visualized that movie-moment? Your…
Some finally reach the Guru at the top of the mountain. Drained, almost dying, only to hear, “Sorry, Guru Services are closed due to heavy snowfall. Or, merch is now available in all T-shirt sizes.…